This film asks a hypothetical and controversial question what would present day Turkey of been like without Ataturk. I personally am not a Kemalist and do not agree with some of the changes and reforms he initiated but Ataturk deserves every Turk's salutations irregardless of political perspectives as this film explains because he is our Churchill our great war leader against a ruthless adversary
The film starts in 2008 the year this film is made that shows the Ottoman King like a present day Arab monarch a privileged life with poor subjects no different to most of the Middle East. Turkey's boundaries have been initiated by the treaty of Sevres allocating parts of Anatolia to Greece and Russia along with a Kurdish state. America now exploits the Sultan and crushes an uprising against him by underground leaders who demand a republic showing Turkey at the mercy of imperialism and not a sovereign country.
The few complaints I have about this emotional film is that turkey is simply not portrayed as Arab enough and that it should be called the Ottoman Kingdom not republic - though most Turks considered themselves nationally Ottoman until the introduction of the word "Turkey" in the 1920s. The moral of this film is whether you are a Kemalist or a Traditionalist rightfully thank Ataturk he overthrew the monarchy and founded the Turkish state though I believe the Ottoman heritage should of been assimilated in to the republic as it is part of its natural DNA.
The film starts in 2008 the year this film is made that shows the Ottoman King like a present day Arab monarch a privileged life with poor subjects no different to most of the Middle East. Turkey's boundaries have been initiated by the treaty of Sevres allocating parts of Anatolia to Greece and Russia along with a Kurdish state. America now exploits the Sultan and crushes an uprising against him by underground leaders who demand a republic showing Turkey at the mercy of imperialism and not a sovereign country.
The few complaints I have about this emotional film is that turkey is simply not portrayed as Arab enough and that it should be called the Ottoman Kingdom not republic - though most Turks considered themselves nationally Ottoman until the introduction of the word "Turkey" in the 1920s. The moral of this film is whether you are a Kemalist or a Traditionalist rightfully thank Ataturk he overthrew the monarchy and founded the Turkish state though I believe the Ottoman heritage should of been assimilated in to the republic as it is part of its natural DNA.