I guess I can find a photo with Ataturk of anyone who visited Turkey...
Here is Herman Van Rompuy, the newly-appointed President of the EU, in Izmir where he came on September for an international fair.
It seems that the nazar stone, which was given him as a present in Izmir, brang Van Rompuy some political luck.
I'll comment about his upcoming EU presidency later, but now I am just curious about his personal opinion about Atatürk and the AKP government. I would like to ask him about it in the future.
Is he one of the sincere admirers of Atatürk like Darius Vassell or yet another populist like 50 Cent?
Or was the Atatürk photo-op in Izmir just a fait accompli, in the exact way that he was appointed as the President of the EU, as well as how he would be forced to keep his opinions about the EU membership of Turkey for himself in his tenure?
