MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
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SYNONYM MATCH
Paragraphs 1 and 2
1.
founder
a.
pioneering
2
revolutionary
b.
elevated
3.
throughout
c.
protecting
4.
reputation
d.
creator
5.
defending
e.
name
6.
promoted
f.
everywhere in
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7.
key
g.
stayed
8.
carved
h.
nonreligious
9.
remained
i.
sliced
10.
reforms
j.
crucial
11
secular
k
encouraged
12
promoted
l
improvements
PHRASE MATCH
1.
Atatürk is the founder of the
a.
Turkish life today
2
He was a visionary
b.
up and occupied Turkey
3.
His legacy is seen throughout
c.
his military reputation
4.
He quickly established
d.
revolution
5.
Atatürk was promoted to
e.
Republic of Turkey
6.
He started a nationalist
f.
general at the age of 35
7.
European armies that had carved
g.
figure in Turkey
8.
He replaced Islamic courts
h.
and revolutionary leader
9.
He also promoted a more
i.
with secular civil law
10.
He remains a revered
j.
western style of dressing
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
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LISTENING GAP FILL
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1) ________________ the Republic of Turkey.
His surname, Ataturk, means “Father of the Turks”. He was born in
1881 in Salonika, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He had a long and
active military career before entering politics. (2) ________________
and revolutionary leader who swiftly modernized Turkey after
becoming its first president. (3) ________________ throughout
Turkish life today.
When Atatürk was 12, he joined a military school. He later graduated
from (4) ________________ Istanbul in 1905. He quickly established
his military (5) ________________ against the Italians in Libya in
1911, and in the Balkan Wars between 1912-1913. He became a hero
by defending the Dardanelles against the Allies in 1915. Atatürk was
(6) ________________ at the age of 35 because of his military skills.
Atatürk played a key role in the Turkish War of Independence (1919-
1922). He started (7) __________________ and successfully fought
off European armies that (8) ________________ occupied Turkey
after WWI. In 1921, he established a temporary government in
Ankara. Two years later, in 1923, Turkey (9) ____________________
with Atatürk as its president. He remained in office until 1938.
As president, Mustafa Kemal’s reforms (10) ________________ and
encouraged education for girls. He also asked women to work to build
Turkey’s economy. He replaced Islamic courts with secular civil law
and replaced Arabic script (11) ________________ Turkish alphabet.
He also promoted a more western style of dressing. Atatürk died on
November 10, 1938, aged 57 years old. He (12) ________________
figure in Turkey.
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