Atatürk: père de la Turquie moderne - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

In Turkey, in October 1923, a young, progressive officer, Mustafa Kemal, convinced that religion was a brake on modernity, took charge of the country and led an unprecedented plan of transformation and radical reform. He made Turkey the ...See moreIn Turkey, in October 1923, a young, progressive officer, Mustafa Kemal, convinced that religion was a brake on modernity, took charge of the country and led an unprecedented plan of transformation and radical reform. He made Turkey the first Muslim nation to become a secular republic. A republican but not a democrat, Atatürk - "Father of the Turks" - also established a long-lasting sense of nationalist pride through his chauvinism and cult of personality.See less