The Founding Father on the Wall

Author(s): Sergen Bahceci

Type: Photograph

Department: Department of Anthropology

Exhibit no: 42


Sergen Bahceci
Graffiti in Cyprus of Turkey's "Founding Father", reading "we haven't forgotten".

A graffiti of Turkey's 'Founding Father' Ataturk on a wall in northern Nicosia, Cyprus. The writing underneath reads "We haven't forgotten", alluding to Ataturk's fading secularist legacy in Turkey.