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MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK 
 
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is the finder / founder of the Republic of Turkey. His 
surname, Ataturk, means “Father of the Turks”. He was born in 1881 in 
Salonika, then part / partner of the Ottoman Empire. He had a long and 
active military career before entered / entering politics. He was a visionary 
and revolutionary leader who swiftly modernized / modernization Turkey 
after becoming its first president. His legacy is seen throughout Turkish life 
today. 
When Atatürk was 12, he joined a military school. He after / later graduated 
from a military academy in Istanbul in 1905. He quickly established his 
military reputable / reputation by fighting against the Italians in Libya in 
1911, and in the Balkan Wars between 1912-1913. He became a hero by / 
as defending the Dardanelles against the Allies in 1915. Atatürk was 
promoted / promotion to general at the age of 35 because of his military 
skills. 
Atatürk played a key / lock role in the Turkish War of Independence (1919-
1922). He started a nationalist revolution and successfully fought on / off 
European armies that had carved up and occupation / occupied Turkey after 
WWI. In 1921, he established a temporary government in Ankara. Two years 
later, in 1923, Turkey became a secular republic with Atatürk as its 
president. He remained at / in office until 1938. 
As / Was president, Mustafa Kemal’s reforms secularized schools and 
encouraged education for girls. He also asked women to toil / work to build 
Turkey’s economy. He replaced Islamic courts with secular civil law and 
replaced Arabic script / words with a Latin-based Turkish alphabet. He also 
promoted a more western style of dressing. Atatürk died on November 10, 
1938, aged 57 years old. He remains a reveres / revered figure in Turkey. 

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