Turkey’s Here, Behind the Bronze Veneer automatically grabbed my attention. I do not know a lot about Turkey and its history, and I found this article to be very interesting.
The lead is very grabbing and makes you want to read further. The article is about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was the founder of modern day Turkey. The article starts off, “After nearly a century of looking serious, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, has started to smile.” This made me want to read on because I had no idea who Ataturk was, and I think the lead is very different and intriguing.
The article does a very good job giving the background of Ataturk but not letting it over power the article. The reader also gets a feel for how important Ataturk to Turkey and how his image is viewed by the public. To insult is memory is a crime under Turkish law.
The article is about how a new documentary is coming out that takes a different look at Ataturk’s life and character. I feel that the article really emphasis how this documentary is a very big deal for the people of Turkey. I would never have guessed that a documentary could have such an effect on a country. This documentary can be very upsetting to the people of Turkey, and the article does a very good job and explaining why.
I did find at times that the article could have been better organized. It kept on going back-an-forth from Ataturk’s history to how the film will affect present-day Turkey. I feel that the information on his past should have been grouped closer together, and not necessarily put throughout the article.
Overall I feel that this article was very engaging and interesting. It grabbed my attention and held it throughout the piece.
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