Atatürk roused a
people already
exhausted by the Ottoman defeat in the I. World War, drove the invading forces into the
sea, and won back for the Turks their homeland.
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On a hill
overlooking the Turkish capital of Ankara is the monument to the man without whom this
land of dramatic physical contrasts would have been reduced to little more than a patch of
steppeland. Atatürk roused a
people already |
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Taking the name of Atatürk or "Father
of the Turks" Mustafa Kemal demolished the crumbling vestige of the Ottoman past and
founded the modern Republic of Turkey, based on Western laws. It was Atatürk who made
the strategically placed Ankara Turkey's capital, and the city is a monument to his vision
of a modern westernized state. And do you know that he is the only leader who gave a holiday for the children? Sure is. On the 23rd of April, it is Children's Day in Turkey. |
