Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

A community portal about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, until November 24, 1934 Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Turkish army officer and revolutionary statesman, was the... [more]

A community portal about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, until November 24, 1934 Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Turkish army officer and revolutionary statesman, was the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal established himself as a successful military commander while serving as a division commander in the Battle of Gallipoli. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the hands of the Allies, and the subsequent plans for its partition, Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become the Turkish War of Independence. His successful military campaigns led to the liberation of the country and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. As the Republic's first president, Mustafa Kemal introduced a range of far-reaching reforms which sought to create a modern, democratic and secular state. According to the Law on Family Names, the Turkish National Assembly presented Mustafa Kemal with the name " Atatürk " on November 24, 1934.

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Former first lady's clothes mirror Turkey's journey

ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - An evening gown slit discreetly from the neck to the navel worn by Turkey's former first lady Mevhibe Inonu is on show in an Istanbul exhibition, tracing how her style helped define the image of the young Turkish Republic. The purple dress with draped back dating from the 1930s, joins a fringed Charleston dress from the 1920s, a ski jacket, and a 1960s floral-patterned suit to evoke a woman who lived to be 94 and whose husband succeeded Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of Turkey in 1923, as president. The predominantly Western styles of Turkey's first ladies have always been ... Read Full Story

27th November 1978. Kurdish Liberation Movement Begins.

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THIRTY YEARS OF STRUGGLE! After the establishment of the modern Turkish state under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 , Turkey began to forcibly assimilate the Kurdish people, having asked for and got their support in fighting the 'imperialist' powers including Britain, France, Greece and Italy. The Turks had appealed to the Kurdish people by way of their Islamic identity presenting a 'Christian' army as the enemy. After the defeat of the 'imperialist' powers Turkey turned on the Kurds, epitomised in the dishonourable treachery displayed towards Hasan Hayri , the Kurdish representative who stood in the Turkish parliament, at the request of Mustafa Kemal ... Read Full Story

Mustafa Kemal 'Ataturk': Age of the Cult Hero Over?

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Ataturk film draws Turkish crowds, and controversy By SUZAN FRASER ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A documentary that portrays the revered founder of modern Turkey as a lonely womanizer with a weakness for alcohol and cigarettes is drawing massive crowds but outraging hardline followers of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's secular tradition. More than a half-million people have watched "Mustafa" since it premiered Oct. 29 on the 85th anniversary of the Turkish republic, making it one of the most-seen films in Turkey in recent years. But hardline secularists are livid over its portrait of Ataturk as an authoritarian leader who was detached from the people and spent ... Read Full Story

Secretary Clinton Visits Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mausoleum

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About the Author: Ann Kim serves as a Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey . Today is the eve of International Women’s Day, and I have had the privilege of witnessing Secretary Hillary Clinton pay her respects to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at Anitkabir, where Turkey’s hero is laid to rest. It is an interesting coincidence that Clinton — a individual who has tirelessly advocated democracy and women’s rights and proudly wears the badge of “first woman to accomplish…” in her own right (first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation, first female partner at Rose Law Firm, etc.) — pay her ... Read Full Story

Ahmet Turk at the Kurdish Community Centre in London.

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Ahmet Türk , chairman of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), has harshly criticized recent police operations against his party’s branches, saying the police crackdowns on politicians serve as proof that Turkey is a country that closes its doors to the outside world and retreats into its own shell. “Turkey is now at a point where it has retreated farther into its own shell in comparison to the past,” Türk stated, refuting comments made by European politicians that the country now has a stronger democracy. Türk’s remarks came on Sunday during a speech he delivered at the Kurdish Community Center in London. Türk slammed ... Read Full Story
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