A great, careful open minded listener, without any
prejudice.
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The Father of us, Turks..
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Mustafa Kemal Atatrk was born in Thessaloniki in 1881.
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He graduated from the Military School and joined the army as an
officer.
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He became the chief commander of the army during the War of
Independence. (1919-1922)
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He founded the modern Turkish Republic in 1923.
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The Turkish Grand National Assembly elected him as the first
president.
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During this period the following reforms were constituted
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1. Political Reforms
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Recognition of equal rights for women and men 2. Social Reforms
Reform of Headgear and Dress
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3. Legal Reforms Abolishment of the Canon Law Transfer in to a
secular law structure
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4. Educational and cultural reforms Adoption of the new Turkish
alphabet
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5. Economic Reforms
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Atatrk died in 1938.His mausoleum is in Ankara, the capital
city of Turkey.
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A whole nation bursts out into tears.
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What was said about him
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The death of Atatrk, who had saved Turkey during the War and
revived the Turkish Nation after the War, is a great loss, not only
for his country, but also for Europe as well. Winston CHURCHILL,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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My sorrow is that, it is no longer possible to fulfil my strong
wish about meeting with this man. Franklin D. ROOSEVELT (U.S.
President, 10 November 1963)
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TIME: Mustafa Kemal Pasha is the man who succeeded to create a
whole new nation out of the ashes of a destroyed, outdated
empire... TIME: Mustafa Kemal Pasha is the man who succeeded to
create a whole new nation out of the ashes of a destroyed, outdated
empire... March 24, 1923
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UNITED KINGDOM England salutes the great man, that England has
known first as a brave and noble enemy, then as a faithful friend.
Sunday Times
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GREECE In the life of a nation it is very seldom that changes
to such a radical degree were carried out in such a short period of
time... Without a doubt, those who have done these extraordinary
activities have earned the attributes of a great man in the
complete sense of the word. And because of this, Turkey can be
proud of itself. (October 31, 1933) Eleutherios Venizelos, Prime
Minister of Greece
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JAPAN We feel a great admiration for Atatrk in his efforts
towards ensuring the modernization of Turkish society by separating
religion and politics from each other and by carrying out the
Turkish Language Reforms. Hayato Ikeda Prime Minister of Japan