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“The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.”

Quote by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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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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