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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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