"... He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will; every man can follow his own conscience, provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him against the liberty of his fellow-men."
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Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey and Türkiye, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwestern Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The modern Republic of Turkey was formed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. It is a foundi
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