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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930s (lemmy.world)

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And, as many many many Turks will hate to hear: he was a strong and proud proponent of a secular state with equal rights for everyone.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This really surprises me the most, he's revered as a great reformator yet what was one of the core points is thrown away and most pretend it did not exist

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

As I understand it, there's a strong divide between secular and non-secular Turks in the political and cultural arenas of the country.