"Mustafa the movie divides Turkey with a portrait of the 'real' Ataturk
National hero depictedas solitary hard drinker by documentary-maker
By Nicholas Birch in Istanbul
Friday, 7 November 2008
Directed by Can Dundar, a leading documentary-maker with an until now spotless secularist record, Mustafa is the first Turkish film to emphasise the private side of the man whose stern features preside over public buildings across the country
Turks venerate Ataturk, the founder of the republic and architect of arguably the most successful social modernisation programme of the 20th century. How much they really want to know him is questionable, however, judging from the furor"
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