M. Kemal Atat�rk

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why exactly do use think that he betrayed islam? is it becoz of his action to abolish the caliph or his new laws that he implemetned or...

why?

so It is neutral point, I dont  think arabic letters are rule for islam.

it looks difficult but if it wer the offical alphabet of the nation then i dont think anyone would have complained. after all the ottomans had no problem wif it for centuries. i think the latin alphabet is an advantage for turks more then the arabic alphabet since it suits the needs of the turkish sound system better that way. the onli disadvantage i gess is that we now cannot read the holy kuran in its pure arabic form unless we make the attempt to learn it which is possible.

wow mehdi hah thats sumfin new. they called called him hero, gazi, traitor, fascist and even the deccal. but mehdi is sumfin i havnt herd before. LOL

So if Mosul was "once" a Turkmen dominated city that gives the right to Turkey to take it? I guess you are talking about Kirkuk. Mosul was never a dominated Turkmen city. Was built by the Assyrians, became Roman, and later as the Ummayids placed it the capital of mesepotemia, it became domenantly Arab before the Mongul destroyed it and built again. Even before Saddam, the city was with an Arab majority.

Your second claim that after Turks, Kurds have a second claim for the city. I think Kurds have a prior claim than Turks to the city, however, even maps of greater Kurdistan shows Mosel either on the border or out of the Kurdish area.

Now regarding Kemal,

   I chose both. He had fought for Turky's indepandance and "tried" to modernize Turkey. However, he took the wrong way in reforming Turkey. Instead of focusing on greater issues that our brothers in some Musilm Asian countries did and succeeded with, he chose the extreme secularism to modernize Turkey. I don't care about changing the alphabet from Arabic to Latin ,though I don't understand how is this will reform the country . However, to take extreme measures of secularism where even women cannot wear Hijab in government offices and schools, universities is sad. France itself didn't adopt the law of banning Hijab except last year. Turkey did it since 80 years ago! Furthermore, great superpowers and nations do not have clothes code that is anti-religious. How is Hijab is an issue to advance the country ! that I have no clue about it .

Sadly today it is ruled by a military dictatorship. In fact, a law exist by 1951 where If any intellectual or journalist criticizes Ataturk, he or she can be imprisoned for as many as 15 years as the case of Hakan Albayrak. Women students or professors can be thrown out of university for covering their heads. Bribery and other forms of corruption are the order of the day. Economically, the country's condition is mediocre and in technology is behind many Muslim and Asian countries. Malaysia

Turkish Army is not ruling the country, that's not true. If you are talking about military coups, all I can say that the army cannot stand and watch while fascists, Islamists and the other anarchists are ruining everything!

They should stand. They are not decision giver for Turkish people. You know we have  a goverment choosen by Turks, army should follow their order.