Atatürk created a nation called "Turks".
For a long time Turks were called Seljuks or Ottomans. Every enemy or friend called us Turks but we called ourself "Seljucks or Ottoman"
Aftre 84 years of proclamation of Turkish Republic, today a fundamentalist islamist party supported bu USA's Bush administration is ruling Turkey. They are slowly turning bright civilized path of secular democratic Turkish Republic into dark ages.
On April 17th 2007 more then one million Turks protested the ruling fundamentalist islamic party around Moseluem of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETQq663 ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1cuHJsr ... ed&search=
Yesterday on April 27th the Grand national Parliament of Turkey summoned to select the new president of Turkish Republic for 7 years. There was only one candidate who nemed him self at the last moment Mr. Abdullah Gül the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The opponent part CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (The RPeoples Republican Party which was founded by Atatürk himself, protested the nominee Gül because he is one of the architects of fundamentalist movement. CHP refused to enter into Parliament. For that reason the parliament cound opened. The President of the parliament who was one of the brains of the fundamentalist movement, who shoud stay as nautral, supported the ruling part and declared the Parliament open. CHP brougt the case in the Court.
That night at 23.30 Turkish General Staff declared a memorandum againts the ruling part.
lets wait and see.
Long live secular, democratic Turkish Republic.