What makes reddit and now HN think Ataturk was some sort of beacon of democracy?
> In January 1920, Mustafa Kemal advanced his troops into Marash where the Battle of Marash ensued against the French Armenian Legion. The battle resulted in a Turkish victory alongside the massacres of 5,000–12,000 Armenians spelling the end of the remaining Armenian population in the region.
He finished off the Cilician Armenians from Anatolia, whoever was left under French protection and had escaped the Genocide.
> In January 1920, Mustafa Kemal advanced his troops into Marash where the Battle of Marash ensued against the French Armenian Legion. The battle resulted in a Turkish victory alongside the massacres of 5,000–12,000 Armenians spelling the end of the remaining Armenian population in the region.
He finished off the Cilician Armenians from Anatolia, whoever was left under French protection and had escaped the Genocide.