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Atatürkist Thought Association
The Atatürkist Thought Association (, ADD) is a secularist organization that espouses Atatürkism, the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. It was founded by Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu, Muammer Aksoy, Hüsnü A. Göksel and Bahriye Üçok. The association is opposed to the Islamist tenets enacted by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran and wants to ensure that religion and state remain separate in Turkey. The organization is known for initiating court cases against web sites which insult Atatürk, or with links to sites that insult Atatürk. It is credited with organising the 2007 Republic Protests. People associated with ADD include mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu, former President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey Yekta Güngör Özden, former General Şener Eruygur (its head in 2009)Today's Zaman, 13 January 2009Atatürkist Thought Association decries Kurdish-language TV/ref> and Tansel Çölaşan (its head since 2010). Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muammer Aksoy
Muammer Aksoy (1917 – January 31, 1990) was a Turkish lawyer, politician, columnist and intellectual who was assassinated. Biography Aksoy was born 1917 in İbradı, Konya vilayet (now Antalya Province) to the member of the Ottoman parliament Numan Aksoy. After his graduation from the Law School at Istanbul University in 1939, he earned 1950 his Doctor of Law degree in the Faculty of Law and State Sciences at the University of Zurich. Returned to Turkey, he worked as an assistant in commercial law at Istanbul University and then as an associate professor in civil law at Ankara University. Muammer Aksoy quit his post in 1957 because he felt that the newly enacted university law would limit the academic liberty at the university, and entered his political life by joining the Republican People's Party (CHP). After the military coup in 1960, he returned to Ankara University to lecture constitutional law. He collaborated on the preparation the Constitution of 1961. In the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |