MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATüRK
Name: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Born: 19 May 1881 Selânik (Thessaloniki)
Died: 10 November 1938 Dolmabahçe Palace, İstanbul
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (born Ali Rıza oÄŸlu Mustafa on May 19, 1881 {date
postulated} – November 10, 1938) was an army officer, revolutionary statesman,
and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President.
Mustafa Kemal established himself as a successful and extremely capable military
commander while serving as a division commander at the Battle of Gallipoli. He
later fought with distinction on the eastern Anatolian and Palestinian fronts,
making a name for himself during World War I. Following the defeat of the
Ottoman Empire at the hands of the Allies, and the subsequent plans for its
partition, Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become
the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in
Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Entente powers. His successful
military campaigns led to the liberation of the country and to the establishment
of the Republic of Turkey.
As the first President of Turkey, Atatürk embarked upon a major programme of
political, economic and cultural reforms. An admirer of the Enlightenment,
Atatürk sought to transform the ruins of the Ottoman Empire into a modern,
democratic, secular, nation-state. The principles of Atatürk's reforms are often
referred to as Kemalism and continue to form the political foundation of the
modern Turkish state.
Name: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Born: 19 May 1881 Selânik (Thessaloniki)
Died: 10 November 1938 Dolmabahçe Palace, İstanbul
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (born Ali Rıza oÄŸlu Mustafa on May 19, 1881 {date
postulated} – November 10, 1938) was an army officer, revolutionary statesman,
and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President.
Mustafa Kemal established himself as a successful and extremely capable military
commander while serving as a division commander at the Battle of Gallipoli. He
later fought with distinction on the eastern Anatolian and Palestinian fronts,
making a name for himself during World War I. Following the defeat of the
Ottoman Empire at the hands of the Allies, and the subsequent plans for its
partition, Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become
the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in
Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Entente powers. His successful
military campaigns led to the liberation of the country and to the establishment
of the Republic of Turkey.
As the first President of Turkey, Atatürk embarked upon a major programme of
political, economic and cultural reforms. An admirer of the Enlightenment,
Atatürk sought to transform the ruins of the Ottoman Empire into a modern,
democratic, secular, nation-state. The principles of Atatürk's reforms are often
referred to as Kemalism and continue to form the political foundation of the
modern Turkish state.