Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk Accused of Insulting Turkey’s Founder, Ataturk
The Turkish government relaunched an investigation into Nobel prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk on Monday after he was accused of insulting Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in his new novel "Nights of Plague."
One of Turkey’s most prominent novelists, he has...
Culture
Kemal Ataturk's House in Thessaloniki Reopens
The house of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Thessaloniki reopens to the public, exhibiting personal belongings and household objects.
The museum had received criticism that there were no personal belongings of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on...
Greece
Kemal Atatürk Commemorated in Thessaloniki
Many Turkish citizens arrived today in Thessaloniki to commemorate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the 75th anniversary of his death and pay their respects outside the house he was born in, in 1881. Mehmet Müezzinoğlu-–Minister of Health--was also attending and...