Ataturk, who died aged 58 ... still lie on public display in Moscow and Beijing respectively, but much of their allure has faded with the collapse of communism. ...

Can Dundar, a prominent filmmaker and journalist, is a darling of Turkey's secularists. ... Or rather, he used to be before the release of his new documentary about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the ...

ANKARA, Turkey -- The Ataturk Thought Association, zealous guardian of the secular creed that guides Turkey, never thought it would come to this. Its chairman, a retired four-star general, is in ...

In 1921, Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) had all 15 members of the leadership of the Turkish Communist Party killed, fearing a leftist challenge to his power. He banned trade unions and imprisoned leftist ...

Turkey’s first communist mayor is dealing with his first public controversy following a decision on Wednesday to change the official name of the municipality he leads.

The Three Faces of Ataturk : Throughline "Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation." A military commander named Mustafa Kemal uttered these words in 1923, on the eve ...

After 3½ hours, the procession reached the top of a hill overlooking Ankara—the modern city built by Ataturk—and stopped before a square-pillared mausoleum, set in a 148-acre park.