Mustafa Kemal
Noun
Meaning
Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938)
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Examples
The centuries rarely produce a genius. It is our bad luck that the great genius of our era was granted to the Turkish nation. We could not beat Mustafa Kemal.
But with Mustafa Kemal now in charge of Turkey, this venture was bound to fail.
It wasn’t until the second postwar government took over in 1924 — the government led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — that Turkey began to rewrite the history of this atrocity, the author writes.
Making Turkey a member of the family of civilised nations of the world had been the ultimate goal of its beloved Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (born 1881, founder of the republic and its first President from 1923 until his death in 1938).
The military had long seen itself as the guardian of the secular system, established by the country’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
This day marks the 89th anniversary of the establishment of secular and modern Turkish Republic under the guidance of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.