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Atatürk was born in Selanik in 1881. His father was Ali Rıza Efendi, and his mother was Zübeyde Hanım . His parents called him Mustafa.
His father, Ali Rıza Efendi, died when little Mustafa started primary school. So they moved to another city and started to live in his uncle's house. He worked on his uncle's farm during the summer. When he was 12, he want to Military School. Then in 1905, he gradueted from the Military Academy.
He was very good at mathsat Military School. He had the same name as his maths teacher so one day, his maths teacher said to him "Your name is Mustafa . My name is Mustafa. That's why I'm calling you kemal. Your name is Mustafa Kemal from now on." After this speech ,all his friends and teachers called him Mustafa Kemal. He fought in the Gallipoi Wars in 1915. In 1919, Atatürk began a nationalist revolution in Anatolia. He became the chief commander of the Turkish ındependence war. He invited all Turkish patriots to Ankara on 19th March,1920. He opened the Turkish Grand National Assembly by a religious caremony on 23rd April, 1920.
In 1921, Atatürk established a provisional government in Ankara . The new government abolished the Ottoman Sultanate . In 1923, Mustafa Kemal and Turkish patriots founded the Turkish Republic. He became the first president of the Turkish Republic .
In 1934 , the Turkish Grand National Assembly gave him the surname "Atatürk" which means "Father of the Turks" in English.
He died on 10th November , 1938. His mausoleum is in Ankara.
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What did they say about Atatürk?
Franklin D. Roosevelt:
"My sorrow is that there is no longer any possibility to fulfil my strong wish to meet this man."
Chinese Press:
"Atatürk is an elder and the father of the entire Asian continent."
Limon Von Sanders:
"Mustafa Kemal Bey was born as a leader and he never feared taking responsibility . He had decided by himself to attack the enemy with the 19th division in the morning of 25th April. He had pushed the enemy towards the sea coast and had persistently and steadily resisted all the arduous attacks during a three month period. I can completely trust in his perseverance ."
Emnullah Han (Afghan King)
"He was not only a great man for Turkey, but he was also a great leader for the Eastern People ."
Adolf Hitler:
"Humanity has lost a personality having the character of a great soldier, genius , and a statesman. A historical personality."
