Moreover, while Kemal Ataturk restored Turkish national pride by creating the secular Turkish republic, his legacy is mixed, for it includes both Turkey’s strong attraction to the West and a militarization of public life. The latter explains much of the repressive attitude towards free speech and independent opinion that has characterized much of Turkish public life – a straitjacket that has left little room for real negotiations with Turkey’s restless Kurds or for resolving the division of Cyprus.
而且，尽管凯末尔通过建立世俗的土耳其共和国而恢复了土耳其的民族自豪，但是，他所留下的遗产却是毁誉参半，因为这一遗产既包括土耳其对西方强烈的吸引力，也包括将公共生活军事化。后者可以大部分解释为何对言论自由和独立意见的压制态度。这一态度是土耳其公共生活中的一大特征，也束缚了同土耳其躁动不安的库尔德人或者解决塞浦路斯分裂问题的真正的谈判的空间。