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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Biography of Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of the Turkish Republic and its first President. He was born in 1881 to Ali Riza Efendi and Zubeyde Hanim. His father was a militia officer, title deed clerk, and lumber trader. Mustafa Kemal had cinque siblings, only one of whom survived until 1956 (Biography of Ataturk). Mustafa Kemal lost his father in 1888, at a time when the young boy had been attending school. The boy returned to his birth town, Salonika, to come afterd his stu break ins after his fathers demise. After his primary education, he coupled a secondary school only to be transferred shortly to a military institution.Mustafa Kemal attended the Manastir Military schooltime and later the Military School in Istanbul from which he graduated with the gross of police lieutenant in the social class 1902 (Biography of Ataturk). The young man entered the Military Academy afterwards and graduated with the put of major in the year 1905. This began Mustafa Kemals career as a pass. B etween 1905-1907, the man was stationed with the 5th Army in Damascus. He was promoted to the rank of senior major in 1907, and was posted in Manastir with the 3rd Army. When the especial(a) Troops entered Istanbul in 1909, Mustafa Kemal was the Staff Officer of the troops (Biography of Ataturk).The man was move to Paris in 1910 where he attended the Picardie maneuvers. In 1911, Mustafa Kemal returned to Turkey where he began to work at the General Staff Office in Istanbul. He won the Tobruk battle against the Italians in the same year, after which he was make the Commander of Derne. Mustafa Kemals rapid progress as a soldier did not stop here, BIOGRAPHY OF ATATURK pageboy 2 however.He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1914 during the Balkan fight because his contributions to the recapturing of Dimetoka and Edirne were considerable (Biography of Ataturk). When the First World War began with the intimacy of the Ottoman Empire, the man was posted to Tekirdag and c harged with the straination of the 19th Division. Then, at Canakkale, Mustafa Kemal won more accolades for heroism. He was promoted to the rank of colonel after a victory he won in the First World War. Mustafa Kemal went on to win more victories against the allied forces.At one time, he commanded his soldiers thus I am not giving you an order to attack, I am ordering you to die (Biography of Ataturk) Mustafa Kemal was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1916. He returned to Istanbul in 1917 and soon began traveling to Germany with the heir to the throne. To Khalleppo he returned in 1918 as the Commander of the seventh Army. He was successful in his defense wars and soon appointed as the Commander of Yildirim Armies. On 13 November 1918, the man returned again to Istanbul to work at the Ministry of Defense (Biography of Ataturk).Mustafa Kemal went to Samsun as the 9th Army Inspector in 1919 once the Allied forces had begun to take over the Ottoman armies. He called the m eeting of the Sivas Congress at this point and also convened the Erzerum Congress to define the path to be followed towards the exemption of Turkey. The initiation of the Turkish Grand National meeting place in 1920 was a significant step in this direction. Mustafa Kemal was elected at this time as the base on balls of the National Assembly as well as the head of the Turkish Republic.With this decision, the Grand National Assembly also started putting into progeny the legislative measures required for a successful conclusion to the BIOGRAPHY OF ATATURK Page 3 Turkish Independence War. This war had begun on 15 whitethorn 1919 during the Greek occupation of Izmir. Militia forces called Kuva-yi Milliye had begun their fight against the victors of the First World War who had divided up the Ottoman Empire.The war was concluded when the Turkish Assembly achieved integration between the army and the militia. Under the command of Mustafa Kemal, the Turks recaptured Sarikamis, Kars, and G umru besides attaining former(a) important victories (Biography of Ataturk). After the conclusion of the Turkish War of Independence, Mustafa Kemal was free to form a new nation on the Turkish soil instantaneously considerably shrunk through the Treaty of Sevres which had partitioned the Turkish Empire. On 29 October 1923, the Turkish Republic was officially proclaimed and Mustafa Kemal was elected as its first President.Ismet Inonu organize the first government of the Republic, and Mustafa Kemal assumed his position of principle leadership with the partner off principles of the Turkish Republic Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the nation and peace at home, peace in the world (Biography of Ataturk). The man undertook a series of reforms at this point in order to modernize Turkey. He was elected as the Speaker of the Grand Assembly in 1920 and again in 1923. Moreover, in recognition of his efforts, the Turkish National Assembly conferred upon him the surname, Ataturk or the Father Turk and root word Turk on 24 November 1934 (Mango).Ataturk died on 10 November 1938, finally defeated by a liver ailment (Biography of Ataturk). BIOGRAPHY OF ATATURK Page 4 whole kit and caboodle Cited 1. Biography of Ataturk (2007). Retrieved from www. ataturk. com. (27 February 2007). 2. Mango, Andrew. Ataturk The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey. New York John Murray, 2004.

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