>Atatürk's cult has been compared to the personality cults of the Soviet Union, and has also been referred to as "the most grotesque state-sponsored cult of personality outside North Korea". According to political scientist Mark A. Wolfgram "one can hardly have an honest conversation about his [Atatürk's] life in Turkey today, nor question the legacy of the Republic that he established".>Widely considered a political religion "of grotesque proportions", the cult is noted by Erik-Jan Zürcher as being "by far the longest running political personality cult in the modern world".
nah islamists openly hate him, you just don't interact with them because they can't speak English
