Poland ended communism with numerous streets dedicated to Lenin, Stalin, Dzierżynski et al. These went like overnight.
But maybe grayscale patrons remained and lingered. If someone was "just" a prime minister, not particularly zealous, but still in the Soviet service, are they ok or not? There are different waves of "decommunisation" going throughout time.
Thing is, each time renaming a street is a lot of havoc. Official records, business registration addresses, business cards, logos, subscriptions, everything needs to change.
For this reason such changes end up stuck in limbo and are often eventually abandoned or undone.
I wonder if Türkiye will encounter similar issues.
But maybe grayscale patrons remained and lingered. If someone was "just" a prime minister, not particularly zealous, but still in the Soviet service, are they ok or not? There are different waves of "decommunisation" going throughout time.
Thing is, each time renaming a street is a lot of havoc. Official records, business registration addresses, business cards, logos, subscriptions, everything needs to change.
For this reason such changes end up stuck in limbo and are often eventually abandoned or undone.
I wonder if Türkiye will encounter similar issues.