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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Born

in Thessaloníki, Salonica vilayet, Ottoman Empire

May 19, 1881

Died

November 10, 1938

Website

https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/m-kemal-ataturk

Genre

Politics, Military, Science

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Kemal Atatürk, originally Mustafa Kemal led and founded modern Turkey, in 1919 organized the nationalist party, established a rival government to the Ottoman sultan, and after a civil war served from 1923 as president of the republic.

Ali Riza, a customs official, turned lumber merchant, fathered Mustafa, and died during his boyhood. Zubeyde, his mother, a devout and strong-willed woman, reared him and his sister. People first enrolled him in a traditional religious school, but he quickly switched. In 1893, he entered a military high school, where his mathematics teacher gave the second name Kemal, meaning perfection, to young Mustafa in recognition of superior achievement. People thereafter knew him as Mustafa Kemal.

From the academy in Ist Kemal Atatürk, originally Mustafa Kemal led and founded modern Turkey, in 1919 organized the nationalist party, established a rival government to the Ottoman sultan, and after a civil war served from 1923 as president of the republic.

Ali Riza, a customs official, turned lumber merchant, fathered Mustafa, and died during his boyhood. Zubeyde, his mother, a devout and strong-willed woman, reared him and his sister. People first enrolled him in a traditional religious school, but he quickly switched. In 1893, he entered a military high school, where his mathematics teacher gave the second name Kemal, meaning perfection, to young Mustafa in recognition of superior achievement. People thereafter knew him as Mustafa Kemal.

From the academy in Istanbul in 1905, Mustafa Kemal graduated with the rank of staff captain.

In 1915, when people launched campaign of Dardanelles, Mustafa Kemal, colonel and hero, won successive victories and finally repelled the invaders. Promoted to general at 35 years of age, he liberated two major provinces in east in that year of 1916. In the next two years, he as commander of several armies in Palestine and elsewhere stopped the enemy advance at Aleppo to achieve another major victory.

On 19 May 1919, Mustafa Kemal Pasha landed in Samsun, the port on Black Sea, to start independence. In defiance, he rallied a liberation army in Anatolia and convened the congress of Erzurum and Sivas as the basis for the new effort. On 23 April 1920, people inaugurated the grand assembly. They elected Mustafa Kemal Pasha.

His forces fought on many fronts to victory against rebels and invading armies. Following the triumph at the two major battles at Inonu in west, the grand assembly conferred the title of commander-in-chief with the rank of marshal on on Mustafa Kemal Pasha. At the end of August 1922, the armies won their ultimate victory. Within a few weeks, people completely liberated the mainland, signed the armistice, and abolished the rule of the dynasty.

In July 1923, people signed the treaty of Lausanne with Great Britain, France, Greece, Italy, and other powers. In mid-October, Ankara served as the capital of the new state. On 29 October, people proclaimed and unanimously elected Mustafa Kemal Pasha.

Dramatics account fifteen-year saga of Atatürk. With indefatigable determination, he created a new political and legal system, abolished the caliphate, made secular education, gave equal rights to women, changed the alphabet and the attire, and advanced arts, sciences, agriculture, and industry.

In 1934, the parliament adopted the surname law and then gave him the name "Atatürk," father.

Following an illness of a few months, the liberator and the father on 10 November 1938 died. Nevertheless, his legacy to his people and the world endures.
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Average rating: 4.78 · 6,897 ratings · 335 reviews · 210 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nutuk by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Zeynep Korkmaz (Editor) 4.81 avg rating — 5,066 ratings — published 1927 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geometri 4.81 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1937 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zabit ve Kumandan ile Hasbihal 4.60 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karlsbad'da Geçen Günlerim 4.60 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medeni Bilgiler 4.70 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1931	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bağımsızlık Benim Karakterimdir 4.83 avg rating — 111 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gençler için Nutuk by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Murat Kaplan 4.91 avg rating — 98 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Türkiye'nin Geleceği 4.77 avg rating — 53 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatıra Notları 1916 4.67 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Türkiye'nin İlk Yılları 4.80 avg rating — 35 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: First President and Founder of the Turkish Republic

tags: ataturk, politics, turk, women

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“My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will, every man can follow his own conscience provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him act against the liberty of his fellow men.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

tags: democracy, religion, secularism

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“Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

tags: anzac, martyr, peace, turkey, war

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