From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation

Overview

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as Atatürk, the Father of the Turks, founder of the modern state, and the current president Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, who apparently wants Turkey to regain the political and military pre-eminence it had as an empire under the Ottoman dynasty.

Directed by Nicolas Glimois

Top cast

Stefan Godin

Self - Narrator (voice)

Can Dündar

Self - Journalist

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Mehmet Metiner

Self - Journalist

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Doğan Akhanli

Self - Writer

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Christian Makarian

Self - Journalist

Ahmet İnsel

Self - Writer

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Erdoğan Aydin

Self - Historian

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Georges Prévélakis

Self - Geopolitologist

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Hamit Bozarslan

Self - Historian

P

Pınar Selek

Self - Writer

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Thierry Zarcone

Self - Historian

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Henri Bentégeat

Self - Essayist

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Necdet Saraç

Self - Alevi Speaker

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Oya Ersoy

Self - Politician

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

V. Mehmed

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Self (archive footage)

Latife Uşşakî

Self - Atatürk's Wife (archive footage)

Keriman Halis Ece

Self - Miss Universe 1932 (archive footage)

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