The Republic of Turkey turned 100 on the 29 October.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, referred to as the ‘Father of Turkey’, had envisaged a contemporary, secular nation-state when he based it from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.
With a historical past of army coups disrupting its democracy, the nation is now dominated by President Erdogan, a frontrunner with ambitions to revive the Ottoman affect on the worldwide stage.
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