Approach Quote by Stephen Kinzer
“Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition.”
“Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition.”
![“The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw where history was going. He really did in Turkey what we are all hoping somebody will do in [Islamic] countries where fundamentalists thrive, that they get somebody…” quote by Ahmet Ertegun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0cf/ahmet-ertegun-15275_ataturk_the-main-thing-is-that-ataturk-saw-the-d_1839505.jpg)
