MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
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and active military career before entering politics. He was a
visionary and revolutionary
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years later, in 1923, Turkey became a secular republic with Atatürk
as its president. He remained in office until 1938.
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between 1912-1913. He became
a hero by defending the
Dardanelles against the Allies in 1915. Atatürk
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Atatürk played a key role in the Turkish War of Independence
(1919-1922). He started a nationalist
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education for girls. He also asked women to work to build Turkey’s
economy. He replaced Islamic courts with secular
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As
president, Mustafa Kemal’s reforms secularized schools and
encouraged
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was promoted to general at the age of 35
because of his military
skills.
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civil law and replaced Arabic script with a Latin-based Turkish
alphabet. He also promoted a more
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western style of dressing. Atatürk died on November 10, 1938,
aged 57 years old. He remains a revered figure in Turkey.
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up and occupied Turkey after WWI. In 1921,
he established a
temporary government in Ankara. Two
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His
surname, Ataturk,
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revolution and successfully fought off European armies that had
carved
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leader who swiftly modernized Turkey after becoming its first
president. His legacy is seen throughout Turkish life today.
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When Atatürk was 12, he joined a military school. He later
graduated from a military academy in Istanbul in 1905. He quickly
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means “Father of the Turks”. He was born in 1881 in Salonika, then
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