Mustafa Kemal’s alcohol addiction and his manner of relations with women are important sub-problems that need to be examined within the framework of character analysis of famous historical figures. Certain negative consequences have emerged from these two specific characteristics. For example, at the Çankaya Presidential Palace, strippers and male belly dancers were made to perform in a manner contrary to the gravity of the presidential office. The French Ambassador’s daughter was kissed during an official ball, the Ambassador left the ball with his daughter, and Turkish-French diplomatic relations were saved from the brink of a bizarre crisis. Under the influence of alcohol, even the bombing of Uşak was ordered. While these and similar historical realities have not been extended to the public, Mustafa Kemal has been "sanctified" through the formalization of a Kemalist partisan narrative. Furthermore, by enacting a law specific to an individual, a kind of Barrier of Dhu al-Qarnayn has effectively been drawn between the public and the truths that serve as evidence that Mustafa Kemal’s “sacred” memory is not “sacred.”

Due to Law No. 5816 on Crimes Committed Against Atatürk, which was enacted in 1951 thanks to the expert advice on criminal law provided by Ernst Eduard Hirsch, a Jewish professor at Ankara University, despite him being a commercial law scholar, it is extremely difficult to examine and evaluate Mustafa Kemal, a historical figure, properly and with scientific criteria. This work aims to establish that these two aforementioned sub-problems are undeniable. In this regard, verbatim quotations have been taken from primary and secondary sources but have been interpreted as little as possible; reaching a correct judgment has been left to the discretion of the readers.