A documentary that portrays the revered founder of modern Turkey as a lonely womanizer with a weakness for alcohol and cigarettes is drawing massive crowds but outraging hardline followers of Mustafa ...

As a Greek-American of South Florida, and fan of Mr. Antonio Banderas, I applaud his decision to pull out of the film about Ataturk. Having my roots in Asia Minor, now part of Turkey, I would not like ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Asia news every morning. At 9.05am on Monday sirens sounded across Turkey, traffic halted and flags were lowered to half mast to mark ...

Can Dundar, a prominent filmmaker and journalist, is a darling of Turkey's secularists. ... Or rather, he used to be before the release of his new documentary about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the ...

A documentary about the life of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the revered founder of modern Turkey, is causing controversy with its revelations about his depression, fondness of women and heavy drinking. The ...

Turks venerate Ataturk, the founder of the republic and architect of arguably the most successful social modernisation programme of the 20th century. How much they really want to know him is ...

ANKARA: A new film that portrays Turkey’s revered founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts has whipped up emotions in a country still grappling with his legacy 70 ...

A friend’s 6-year-old recently started primary school in Istanbul. By the second week, his favorite superhero, Spider-Man, had been supplanted by a flesh-and-blood mortal who died 70 years ago: ...

1st part to air on FOX TV on Oct. 29, centenary of Republic of Turkey, then in movie theaters on Nov. 3, with 2nd part to hit big screen on Dec. 22 A new biopic series on the founder of the Republic ...