User blog comment:Messi1983/Bin Laden death and the Middle East/@comment-4745396-20110507103111/@comment-3145713-20110507174143

Might have to read more on this. The only thing I know that angered the secularists is that he lifted the ban on hijab in schools and universities.

I don't like Ataturk at all, though. He ran the country to the ground economically, and the people were choked. It's future presidents that brought Turkey out of its debt and modernized it just like any other European country.

I can see how he can be bad for his country's secular nature, but personally I respect him for the fact that he looks after his Muslim brothers.