Originally posted by Kanki
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(a) The "quote" by Ataturk's biographers, Irfan and Margaret Orga, wrote:
"He has never loved a woman. He was used to the camaraderie of the Mess, the craze for handsome young men, [and] fleeting contacts with prostitutes,... His body burned, for a woman or a boy ..."
(b) He was a very "private" indiivdual, he never had biological children and always adopted girls. He was married from 1923 to 1925 to Latife Ussaki. Latife divored due to irreconcilable differences that to this day are not cleary evident. And not suprising the answer resides in her diary that "incidently" has been banned for public investigation by the government. They restricted use by the public right after she died until 2006 and when 2006 rolled around, they extended the ban.
(c) It is also a well known fact that pederasty, literally 'boy-love', (Refers to an intimate or erotic relationship between an adolescent boy and an adult male outside his immediate family and has found expression from earliest times through a variety of customs and practices within different cultures) was rampent in the Ottoman Empire, here is a source:
Originally posted by Pederasty article on Wikipedia
Regarding Ataturk's xxxish past:
Originally posted by AF
Originally posted by Hillel Halkin
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