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Turkey happened because of Attarturk, at a time where he had the army with him, and where the Ottoman empire was disintegrating. Presumably, this made it very d
by mercurial 11y ago
Turkey happened because of Attarturk, at a time where he had the army with him, and where the Ottoman empire was disintegrating. Presumably, this made it very difficult for conservative forces to oppose the radical campaign of modernization and europeanisation he engaged into.
- aws_ls 11y agoQuora has some good answers, which shed light on Ataturk's personality[1]. Wonder, why in that part of the world, there were so few such personalities. Actually, Iran was denied of it's democratically elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddegh, by UK and supported by US (TPAJAX project)[2]. [1] https://www.quora.com/Turkey-country/Was-Mustafa-Kemal-Ataturk-a-good-man https://www.quora.com/Turkey-country/Was-Mustafa-Kemal-Atatu... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...