Assistant to the chairman of the ruling party Erdogan, Mahir Unal, was removed from his position for criticizing the Ataturk language reform, Turkish media write.
Una, speaking at a book fair, said that Ataturka’s reforms “destroyed the Turkish language and the alphabet.”
“The most severe cultural revolution in history occurred in Turkey. For example, the French revolution destroyed everything, but did not affect the language. Again, one of the most radical revolutions – the Chinese cultural revolution of Mao did not touch the language. But, unfortunately, our cultural Revolution, destroyed our entire language, alphabet, everything, all our mental attitudes, ”he said.