many turks tend to get really defensive about ataturk... doesnt matter how religious they are, how much they hate secularism how much they themselves rag on ataturk. They never let anybody who isnt turkish (or turkish enough) hate on Ataturk. I mean he is their dad after all
i'd say most instead of many but i havent sampled enough to make that claim
The same goes for the issue of Kurd-killing