Nayar's article
SN Mamoon, On e-mail
Please refer to the letter to the editor by Shah Abdul Hannan on June 15 on Kuldeep Nayar's article of 26 May. I would like to add a few points to clarify the matter. Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, entrusted the Turkish Army with the unique role of safeguarding democracy and secularism. Kemal Ataturk , a hero of the battle of Gallipoli, took the reins of the country after a long rule of Ottoman despots. Turkey, a superpower of those days, sank into a state of despondency, despair, religious bigotry etc. during the last years of the Ottomans. Kemat Ataturk salvaged the 'sick country of Europe' and placed it firmly on modern rails with many sweeping reforms.Unfortunately, in the last few years religious fundamentalism has flourished in many pre-dominantly Muslim countries. This movement is generously funded by the fanatic 'Wahabis' whose hidden agenda is anti-people, anti-democratic, anti-progress and destructive. Turkish people also fell prey to the ill designs of the 'Wahabis'. You can see the faces of the 'Wahabis' but cannot read their eyes. In our opinion, Turkey is a modern role model country to the other Muslim countries. It was in fact saved by the timely and firm intervention by its armed forces.
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