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Nikos Konstandaras

Athens, Greece

Nikos Konstandaras is managing editor and a columnist of Kathimerini, the leading Greek morning daily. He is also the founding editor of Kathimerini’s English Edition, which is published as a supplement to The International Herald Tribune in Greece, Cyprus and Albania. He worked as a correspondent for The Associated Press from 1989 to 1997 before joining the Greek press and has reported from many countries in the region. Close.

Nikos Konstandaras

Athens, Greece

Nikos Konstandaras is managing editor and a columnist of Kathimerini, the leading Greek morning daily. He is also the founding editor of Kathimerini’s English Edition, which is published as a supplement to The International Herald Tribune in Greece, Cyprus and Albania. more »

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August 2, 2007 2:51 PM

What Would Ataturk Do?

Observing Turkey, it is worth remembering that the battle between reformers and the state has been taking place -- along shifting frontlines and with different protagonists -- for over a century. Religion is at the center but it is not the only factor. The Young Turks' rebellion against a moribund regime, which lead to the triumph of modernizer Kemal Ataturk and the establishment of a secular republic, began in 1908. Before that, the Sultan's court was often the setting of great struggles between outward-looking modernizers and what we would today describe as hard-line nationalists.

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