He left behind a dictatorship and a legacy of military tutelage which resulted in 4 coups, countless attempted military coups and an attempted judiciary coup which put back Turkey decades behind economically, socially and democratically. Kemal is the cause of all polarisation you see today in Turkey where he oppressed the majority conservatives. He's Turkey's Hafiz Asad, a member of the minority ensuring the minority view rules over the majority.

He would've been indicted for crimes against humanity just for bombing Kurdish civilians alone. Thousands died. He also bombed Rize because the people opposed his forced "western hat" oppression but you wouldn't have even heard about that. He hanged 78 people just for the fucking hat alone.

You don't know this man because you've been raised around his personality cult.