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THE NATIONAL HERO
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic and its first President, stands as a towering figure of the 20th Century. Among the great leadersof history, few have achieved so much in so short period, transformed the life of a nation decisively, and given such profound inspiration to the world at large.
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Atatürk’s Life
He was born in 1881 (probably in the spring) in Salonica, then an Ottoman city, now in Greece .
In 1905, Mustafa Kemal graduated from the War Academy in Istanbul with the rank of Staff Captain .
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In 1915, when Dardanelles campaign was launched, Colonel Mustafa Kemal became a national hero by winning successive victories and finally repelling the invaders
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On May 19, 1919 Mustafa Kemal Pasha landed in Samsun to start the War of
Independence. İt was basis for the new national effort for
independence !!
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The Turkish Grand National Assembly
On April 23, 1920, the Grand National Assembly was inaugurated. Mustafa Kemal Pasha was elected to its Presidency .
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It was given as a holiday to Turkish children by Mustafa Kemal.
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In 1979, this holiday became International Children’s Day.
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Turkish Republic
• On October 29, the Republic was proclaimed and Mustafa Kemal Pasha was unanimously elected President of the Republic.
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The account of Atatürk's fifteen year Presidency is a saga of dramatic modernization..
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With indefatigable determination, he
• Created a new political and legal system,
• abolished the Caliphate and made both government and education secular,
• gave equal rights to women, changed the alphabet and the attire,
• advanced the arts and the sciences, agriculture and industry
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On November 10, 1938, following an illness of a few months, the national liberator and the Father of
modern Turkey died. But his legacy to his people and to the world endures.