The Turkish Coalition of America posted this
tribute to the memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of
Turkey, who died on 10 November 1938:
‘On
November 10th, TCA paid tribute to the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who led
the Turkish National War of Liberation, founded the modern Republic of Turkey
and launched an extraordinary series of reforms that continue to inspire the
Turkish nation. World-over, Ataturk is honored as one of the greatest national
leaders of the 20th Century. In the words of Scottish historian, Patrick
Balfour (the 3rd Baron Kinross): “the soldier in Ataturk had saved his country,
the statesman in him had won for it the honorable peace, the reformer in him
was now to make of it a new country.”
‘Ataturk:
The Soldier
In
the life of Mustafa Kemal, World War I was a pivotal period, during which time
he had emerged as a military hero when he repelled an Allied invasion during
the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. This successful military campaign earned
Mustafa Kemal a distinguished military reputation and wide-spread admiration.
‘Ataturk:
The Statesman
The
War of Liberation was fought on multiple fronts. Throughout 1921, under the
leadership of Mustafa Kemal, the army of the Grand National Assembly won
victory after victory against invading enemy forces ultimately pushing them out
of Anatolia. The Allied powers of World War I now had to negotiate a new peace
treaty.
‘Ataturk:
The Reformer
From
the establishment of the Republic in 1923, to his death on November 10, 1938,
in just 15 years, Mustafa Kemal introduced a sweeping set of reforms which
constituted one of the world’s most effective campaigns of modernisation.’ Read more . . .
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