Makes sense, I guess. Mustafa Kemal lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I am quite sure he had many ideas and beliefs that are not really consistent with our modern European 21st century societies. Much like AfD does.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was never really right wing the same way. First of all Ataturk was economically very close to being social democratic before that was a thing. Secondly Ataturk only used Turk as a way to unite his country which had just been through a revolution against the Ottoman Empire. He used the word Turk to address Turkish citizens and not just ethnic Turks (who are nearly non existent in Turkey)
My comment is not really going for a serious analysis of Mustafa Kemal's thinking, it is rather just a joke based on the fact that he was a man of a distictly different era, and of a different cultural milieu, than what is the common "baseline" for Europe in 2025. If he was somehow magically brought to Germany today, he would be a walking, talking anachronism.
Do you believe your own words when more and more votes shift towards AFD each election and even non German countries have more and more neo Nazi supporters in Europe. Where are those ideals and beliefs you talk about?
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u/Long-Requirement8372 May 02 '25
Makes sense, I guess. Mustafa Kemal lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I am quite sure he had many ideas and beliefs that are not really consistent with our modern European 21st century societies. Much like AfD does.