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“Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say "What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?" If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.”

Quote by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was born on May 19, 1881, in Thessaloniki and died on November 10, 1938. He led the Turkish War of Independence and established the Republic of Turkey in 1923, implementing a series of modernizing reforms that transformed Turkey politically, socially, and culturally. more

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