Turkey: Erdogan looks in the mirror of Atatürk | International - Market Research Telecast

Turkey: Erdogan looks in the mirror of Atatürk | International BY MRT ON NOVEMBER 9, 2021 “This monument is the best photograph of the old and the new Turkey,” thundered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the inauguration of the new Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM for its acronym in Turkish) on October 29, Republic Day in Turkey. . The old AKM was “the symbol of the decrepit face of the old Turkey”, and now, after overcoming “numerous obstacles” until it was demolished and later reconstructed, its new version symbolizes the new Turkey. erdoganista. The rally air of the speech might seem untimely as the opening act of a building dedicated to the performing arts and as a prologue to the opera that was going to be performed. But if art is always political – because of what it says or because of what it is silent – in Turkey it is even more so. More:Turkey: Erdogan looks in the mirror of Atatürk | International - Market Research Telecast