“The soaring mustache Ataturk wore as a young army captain was popular in the Ottoman era, modeled on the grooming style of Kaiser Wilhelm II, which reflected the influence of German culture on the Turkish intelligentsia of the period. But by the time Ataturk took office as the autocratic ruler of the new Republic of Turkey in 1923, his mustache had been pared back to a conservative bristle; as he guided Turkey toward economic and political liberalization in the years that followed he shaved it off entirely, as a symbolic example of Turkey leaving behind its Ottoman past in favor of a modern future,” the magazine reads.
Turkish mass media considered the publication an insult, as Hitler was also included in the list.
Source: here
According to si the Dutch parlement is discussing this matter, but they are basically not. One party has tried to put this up for discussion and has failed. This issue was not in the news in Holland, so I didn´t even know about it. The only Dutch newspaper that printed about the try-out for discussion was a small newspaper connected to the small Dutch political (strict Christian) party that tried to open the debate. Si himself has brought this more under the attention of Dutch people than the actual "debate" itself did 
Si is irritating me so much with this issue, that I actually am starting to pick the Armenian side, just out of irritation. 
