Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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Who is Mustafa Kemal

Ataturk?

He is considered a hero by most of the Turkish descent and also by

many leaders around the world. He is the one who established democracy, under a single rule party in Turkey. Mustafa went to military school and

joined the Turkish army in 1905.

What did Mustafa Kemal Ataturk do for

his society?His goal was to modernize his country to make it a unified national capital of development and defense. He fought

corruption and banned traditional Turkish dress, swapped alphabets from Roman to Arabic. Turkey was a State.

Mustafa's LifeHe was the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. He was born in 1881 in Salonki. His father's name was Ali Riza Efendi. His mom's name was Zubeyde Hanim.

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A little more

information.

Theocracy- A system of government in which priests rule in the name of

God or a god

Fascist- a person who exalts in nation and/or race over the

individual

Dictator (a leader who rules a country with absolute power,

usually by force)

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes

“Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine.' Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.”

“Peace at Home, Peace in the World"

“Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.”

"The future is in the skies"

"Turkey's true master is the peasant"

“Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation"

Mustafa's Mausoleum

The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin Onat and Assistant Professor Orhan Arda, whose proposal

beat 48 other entries from several countries in a competition held by the Turkish Government in 1941 for a “monumental mausoleum” for Atatürk.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Death

During 1937, indications of Atatürk's worsening health started to appear. In the early 1938, while

he was on a trip to Yalova, he suffered from a serious illness.

After a short period of treatment in Yalova, an apparent

improvement in his health was observed, but his condition again worsened following his journeys

first to Ankara, and then to Mersin and Adana. Upon his return to

Ankara in May, he was recommended to go to İstanbul for

treatment, where he was diagnosed with cirrihos of the

liver.