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Turkey's Kemalists see secularist legacy under threat | Reuters

Turkey's Kemalists see secularist legacy under threat

By Humeyra Pamuk and Gulsen Solaker

ANKARA Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:10pm EST

(Reuters) - For decades his picture dominated Turkey, piercing blue eyes staring from hoardings, keeping watch over city streets and army barracks. Schoolyards echoed every morning to his oath:

"Happy is he who can say 'I am a Turk!'"

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