Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was an Ottoman army officer and Turkish statesman who founded the modern Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938. He first rose to national prominence as a commander defending the Gallipoli Peninsula against Allied invasion during the First World War, then led nationalist forces to victory in the Turkish War of Independence following the war. As president he carried out sweeping political, legal, social and cultural reforms intended to transform Turkey into a secular, Western-oriented nation state, a program of reform later known as Kemalism that continued to shape Turkish political culture long after his death.
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Birth YearWikipedia gives the birth year as c. 1881; no birth record survives and the exact date is conventionally celebrated as 19 May. Role
Role (category) Role (category) Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Turkish War of IndependenceLead section (edge: participant Ataturk)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Mustafa Kemal AtaturkLead section, Gallipoli
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He undertook sweeping progressive reforms, which modernized Turkey into a secular, industrializing nation...he rose to prominence as an officer during the World War I Battle of Gallipoli.
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c. 1881
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10 November 1938
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: Gender
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was an Ottoman army officer and Turkish statesman who founded the modern Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.
- Wikipedia biography, role/occupation stated in lead section (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
Participant In: World War I, Lead section, Gallipoli
He rose to prominence with his role in the Defence of Gallipoli during World War I.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
Infobox: born c. 1881; died 1938-11-10
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WikipediaParticipant In: Turkish War of Independence, Lead section (edge: participant Ataturk)Quote, Participant In: Turkish War of Independence, Lead section (edge: participant Ataturk)
After leading the nationalists to victory, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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