Atatürk Thought Association
- Atatürk Thought Association
Atatürk Thought Association is a secular organization that espouses the ideas of Mustafa Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. The group is opposed to the Islamist tenets enacted by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran and wants to ensure that religion and state remain separate in Turkey. [ [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2628693&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 Turks March Against Islamic Radicals] "ABC News" 4 November 2006]
ee also
* Secularism in Turkey
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