Submitted by Kristina O'Donnelly, Aug 31, 2007 07:27

Dear Robert,
Well, I suppose I cannot fault you for knowing so little about Ataturk, or to subscribing to snippets fed to you by those with a different agenda.
But I happen to be a European who, due to the fact that her father was a journalist, grew up in Turkey in the 60s, and happens to know more about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Your comments here are by and large, factually wrong,
>>>>The writer talks about Mustafa Kemal Attaturk. His cronies were involved in a little thing called Armenian genocide. He was committed to secularism but not to liberal democracy. Indeed he actively suppressed his opponents. In the 1930s he also suppressed the Kurds. He led the rewriting of history to glorify the Turkish past and created an illusionary nationalism. Hardly someone of worth.>>>

Alas, I do not have the time nor space to rebuttle you item by item. On the other hand, neither would yhou be open to a debate that might or might not change your mind.
Suffice it to say that Ataturk was a leader of unrivaled vision and vigor (within the context of his times) in the world.

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