@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 8 months agoMustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930simagemessage-square16arrow-up169arrow-down15
arrow-up164arrow-down1imageMustafa Kemal Ataturk, hero of the First World War, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, and by some accounts, a bisexual man, 1930s@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square16
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish35•8 months agoAnd, 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.
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish26•8 months agoThis 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
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish6•8 months agoAs I understand it, there’s a strong divide between secular and non-secular Turks in the political and cultural arenas of the country.
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.
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
As I understand it, there’s a strong divide between secular and non-secular Turks in the political and cultural arenas of the country.