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“To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity.”

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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