Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[e] (c. 1881 [f] – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from …

Mar 13, 2026 · Kemal Atatürk (born 1881, Salonika [now Thessaloníki], Greece—died November 10, 1938, Istanbul, Turkey) was a soldier, statesman, and reformer who was the founder and first …

Dec 16, 2009 · Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) was an army officer who founded an independent Republic of Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. He then served as Turkey’s first president …

Mustafa Kemal entered the military academy at Manastır (now Bitola) in 1895. He graduated as a lieutenant in 1905 and was posted to Damascus. He soon joined a secret society of reform-minded …

Feb 4, 2024 · Mustafa Kemal is hailed today as the founder of Modern Turkey. Read more about the extraordinary life of "Ataturk" and his rise to power.

Originally from Macedonia, one of the richest and most strategically important Ottoman provinces, the young Mustafa Kemal entered the military school at Salonica.

The National Assembly elected Mustafa Kemal as the first President of the Republic, and dubbed him Atatürk — "Father of the Turks." Rescuing his nation from the buffet line of European colonialism …

As the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) holds a unique place in twentieth century-European history as a political leader, who is still revered both nationally and internationally.

Apr 2, 2014 · Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was a revolutionary who helped establish the Republic of Turkey. He was Turkey's first president, and his reforms modernized the country.

Kemalism, the political, economic, and social principles advocated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and designed to create a modern republican secular Turkish state out of a portion of the Ottoman Empire.