How do you prevent descent from democracy to a repressive society, when the people vote against the rule of law?
Atatürk tried very hard to pull Turkey out of the Middle Ages. But Turkey, from an outside perspective, seems intent on heading back.
Atatürk tried very hard to pull Turkey out of the Middle Ages. But Turkey, from an outside perspective, seems intent on heading back.
There is no such descent I think, it is just that the new ruling classes of the country is more religiously conservative than their predecessors. The old ruling classes were actually more conservative but in racism, totalitarianism and militarism.
> Atatürk tried very hard to pull Turkey out of the Middle Ages.
This is a very common misconception. Modernization of the Empire/Turkey had begun long before Ataturk was even born. He is an important figure in Turkish history for sure but you can't attribute the progress of a whole nation to him.