 A comic book portraying Atatürk being tortured has been criticized. |
A main opposition deputy has filed a compliant against a comic book for portraying the founder of modern Turkey as arrested and tortured during questioning following allegations of a plot against the last Ottoman sultan, Abdülhamit II.
Republican People’s Party, or CHP, Manisa deputy Şahin Mengü has targeted the book saying that the memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was offended and reviled, reported Anatolia news agency.
“Do not think of the book as a documentary,” Yalın Alpay, the book’s author, previously said. “It is a [work of] fiction in harmony with historical facts.”
The book, published in November last year, was illustrated by Barış Keşoğlu. The book includes a sergeant in the Ottoman Palace telling a story depicting how Atatürk was taken to the palace and beaten by a commander while his hands were tied, the petition said.
According to the story, Atatürk was kicked while he was lying on the floor and blood came from his mouth.
“Our great leader Atatürk was humiliated with the comic book scenes including torture that is not based on any historic facts,” the petition said. “Atatürk has been presented to the public and a new generations as a person accused of plotting against the sultan, as a prisoner in a weak and helpless situation.
“The author Alpay says in the introduction of the book there are no nations that did not fight with Atatürk after separation from the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, we are unaware about many aspects of private life and opinions of Atatürk, whom we refer to many times in our daily life,” said the petition, which concluded that the introduction proves the author’s motivation is to fight with Atatürk.
Portraying Atatürk in documentaries and fictional works invariably raises debate in Turkey, which last experienced such discussion with the release of the movie “Mustafa,” directed by journalist and documentary filmmaker Can Dündar.
Republican People’s Party, or CHP, Manisa deputy Şahin Mengü has targeted the book saying that the memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was offended and reviled, reported Anatolia news agency.
“Do not think of the book as a documentary,” Yalın Alpay, the book’s author, previously said. “It is a [work of] fiction in harmony with historical facts.”
The book, published in November last year, was illustrated by Barış Keşoğlu. The book includes a sergeant in the Ottoman Palace telling a story depicting how Atatürk was taken to the palace and beaten by a commander while his hands were tied, the petition said.
According to the story, Atatürk was kicked while he was lying on the floor and blood came from his mouth.
“Our great leader Atatürk was humiliated with the comic book scenes including torture that is not based on any historic facts,” the petition said. “Atatürk has been presented to the public and a new generations as a person accused of plotting against the sultan, as a prisoner in a weak and helpless situation.
“The author Alpay says in the introduction of the book there are no nations that did not fight with Atatürk after separation from the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, we are unaware about many aspects of private life and opinions of Atatürk, whom we refer to many times in our daily life,” said the petition, which concluded that the introduction proves the author’s motivation is to fight with Atatürk.
Portraying Atatürk in documentaries and fictional works invariably raises debate in Turkey, which last experienced such discussion with the release of the movie “Mustafa,” directed by journalist and documentary filmmaker Can Dündar.
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