In the "Republic" talks I participated in, I essentially said, "There is no Republic left to protect; there is a Republic to be rebuilt." This observation was found disturbing by some of the listeners. They were Republicans, and they couldn't accept that the Republic, Atatürk's Republic, had effectively collapsed.
In the "Republic" talks I participated in, I essentially said, "There is no Republic left to protect; there is a Republic to be rebuilt." This observation was found disturbing by some of the listeners. They were Republicans, and they couldn't accept that the Republic, Atatürk's Republic, had effectively collapsed.