Politics: The denial of the Armenian Genocide is the basis of Turkey's existenceKemal Atatürk was personally familiar with many key plans of the movement of the Young Turks, but didn't take part in the upheaval of 1908, so that later, when the organizers of the Armenian Genocide were taken into court, Atatürk wasn't among them. November 13, 2007 The founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is still "an inviolable person" in Turkey. In every city there is the statue to Atatürk, his pictures may be found in all government institutions. After his party lost its power in 1950, people still continued worshiping Kemal Atatürk. A law was passed, concerning any kind of offence towards Atatürk's picture or any kind of criticism of his activities or slandering the facts of his biography.  |
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