The father of all Turks

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His portrait is everywhere: in the bakery, at the barber's shop, at any of the thousands of smoked and inhospitable groceries around town, or in the luxurious shops and malls in the modern neighborhoods. There's a statue of the Father of the Turkish nation at every visible place in every town and every village. Plaster busts stick out at street corners, huge flags hang from public buildings, memorial books are being opened at every hotel.

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