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2008-11-11 Europe

Ataturk biopic causes controversy in Turkey

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Posted by Fred 2008-11-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 He did more for Turkey than anyone EVER.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-11-11 00:22|| 2008-11-11 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Turkey is the only even marginally successful Muslim country without oil. Ataturk made that possible. Without him they would be another Yemen.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-11-11 03:54|| 2008-11-11 03:54|| Front Page Top

#3 True enough, but he wasn't a very good leader if you were an Armenian, Assyrian, Kurd or Greek.

Posted by Cherelet and Tenille1095 2008-11-11 05:40|| 2008-11-11 05:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Name one person who was.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-11-11 07:20|| 2008-11-11 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL BK, giving a good name to pure slow.

Ima smak you wit muh Kimallist Thought Club.

Posted by .5mt 2008-11-11 08:28|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-11-11 08:28|| Front Page Top

#6 So, he liked a drink, liked the babes, was a Muslim- and suffered from depression. Obviously, a complex man.

Posted by Grunter 2008-11-11 18:05|| 2008-11-11 18:05|| Front Page Top

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