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• Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic. Before establishing Turkey and becoming the country's first President, Ataturk was a decorated army commander who fought in World War I on the Anatolian and Palestinian fronts.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: May 19, 1881 in Selanik, Ottoman Empire
  2. Spouse: Latife Usaklgil
  3. Political Party: Republican People's Party
  4. Turkey's first Speaker of Parliament from 1920-1923
  5. President of Turkey from 1923 to 1938
  6. Successor as President: Ismet Inonu

• Key Dates

  • 1881: Born in Selanik to Ali Riza Efendi Zubeyde Hanim
  • 1899: Enrolls in the War College in Istanbul
  • 1919: Starts establish a Turkish resistance movement against the Ottoman Empire
  • 1921: Leads his army to a decisive victory against the Greeks at Sakarya during the Greco-Turkish war
  • July 24, 1923: The Treaty of Lausanne was signed and and on October 29 Turkey established indpendance
  • 1928: Turkey becomes secular
  • 1938: Ataturk dies in Istanbul

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