Mustafa Kemal married only once with Latife Uşaklıgil on January 29, 1923. The marriage lasted only 2.5 years. The circumstances of their divorce remain a closely guarded secret in Turkey. A court order banned for 25 years the publishing of his former wife's diaries and letters. When the court order expired, Latife Usaklıgil's family had demanded that the letters remain a secret.
My question:
Mustafa Kemal was not just "anyone". All his life, he struggled to modernize, reform and "awaken" Turkey. Any information concerning his personal and public life likely concerns all Turks and even scholars outside Turkey. Do these diaries remain still a secret today? If so, should documents of historical importance be kept as a secret?
Your opinion on this?
thanks!
2007-07-12
11:21:03
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Frank B
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