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  • ANKARA: The letters of Ataturk's wife to remain closed

    NTV MSNBC, Turkey
    Feb 3 2005

    The letters of Ataturk's wife to remain closed

    Professor Halacoglu proposed setting up an international committee to
    discuss the Armenian issue.


    Private letters written by the wife of the founder of the Turkish
    Republic would not be made public, a leading Turkish historian
    announced Thursday.

    Professor Yusuf Halacoglu, the head of the Turk History Authority,
    said that the family of Latife Hamin, the divorced wife of Mustaf
    Kemal Ataturk had applied to the History Authority not have the
    private letters disclosed. He said that the Authority could abide by
    their wishes.

    `This subject is a closed matter. We are the heirs of Ataturk. Our
    releasing any matters that could cause harm cannot even be an issue,'
    he said.

    Latife was married to Ataturk for two and half years, with the
    marriage ending in divorce. The ban over the publication Latife's
    letters was lifted by a court decision last month. The letters and
    dairies had been preserved by the Turk History Authority and had been
    sealed for 25 years in 1980.
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