This document provides a biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. It discusses his early life and education in the late Ottoman Empire. It describes his military career fighting in World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. It outlines his establishment of a new secular republic and implementation of various political, social, and economic reforms. The document emphasizes Atatürk's commitment to education and modernization as the key to rebuilding the new nation of Turkey.

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3. WHO IS ATATÜRK?
 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army
officer, revolutionary statesmen, writer, and the first
President of Turkey. He is the most credited with being the
founder of the Republic of Turkey.

4. WHY ATATÜRK?
 He pioneered the establishment of a new country that
was strong, well-founded and akin to devolop all the
time. It was a great achievement since he created a
young and modern state from the ruins of an empire.

5.  Mustafa was born
in 1881, in
Salonika, then a
district of Ottoman
Empire.

6.  He is known all over the world with his determination
for full independence of the nation and with his deep
patriotism. And, Turkey as his great masterpiece is an
evidence of this aspect of his character.

7. HIS EDUCATION
 Hafız Mehmet Efendi’s Neighborhood School (Salonika)
 Semsi Efendi School (Salonika)
 Salonka Junior High School for Civil Servants (Salonika)
 Millitary Junior High School (Salonika)
 Monastır Military Senior High School (Macedonia)
 Military College in Istanbul (Istanbul)
 Military Academy (Istanbul)

8. HIS PERSONALITY
 Genius Leadership
 Versatile Courage
 Educator Revolutionary
 Idealist Hard working
 Foreseeing Keen on freedom
 Philanthropy Peace-maker

9. HIS LEARNING INTERESTS
 As a child, he was
especially proficient in
the field of Mathematics,
and in that he was unique
among his peers . Also,
he was interested in
literature, history and
military.

10. APPRECIATION
 He was a good student. He was highly appreciated by all
of his teachers.

11. HIS LEARNING STYLE
 While searching and presenting Atatürk,his love of
reading shouldn’t be ignored. It was a passion for him to
read and search.He had a library that consisted of a
wide variety of books. Owing to this vast library, reading
was an important part of his daily life.He was reading
books even at fronts during the wars.

12.  Ataturk believed in the
necessity of learning a
foreign language. So he
learnt French.With the
support of close
friends,he recognized
French philosophers and
he started to be
interested in history and
politics.

13. HIS MILITARY LIFE
 Atatürk’s enthusiastic
patriotism was triggered
during his high school
years when Ottoman army
won a victory over Greeks
in 1897 but didn’t quite
enjoy the benefits of this
victory at peace table.

14.  He joined the army as a
young officer. He fought
in famous Çanakkale
(Dardanelles) Wars.
Then he became the
chief commander of the
Turkish Independence
War. Fighting on many
fronts, he led his forces
to victory against rebels
and invading armies.

15. WARS OF ÇANAKKALE
 In 1915, when
Çanakkale campaign
was launched by
colonising countries,
Colonel Mustafa Kemal
became a national hero
by winning successive
victories and finally
repelling the invaders.

16.  Atatürk understood well
that the independence of
the country wouldn’t be
accomplished by
Ottoman Sultanate.
Thus, he decided to go to
Anatolia. On May 19,
1919, Mustafa Kemal
Pasha landed on the
Black Sea port of
Samsun to start the War
of Independence.

17.  Then, Atatürk invited all of
his supporters to Ankara on
the “19th of March 1920”, he
opened the Turkish Grand
National Assembly on the
“23rd of April,1920”, which
also determined the political
regime of the new country.

18.  He founded the new
goverment.He made some
revolutions. In 1934 the
Turkish Grand National
Assembly gave him the
surname “ATATURK”,
meaning “the father of
Turks”.

19. ATATÜRK
AS THE LEADER OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
 Firstly , Atatürk used education as a vehicle to reconstruct the
nation and raise its cultural level and prosperity.
 Atatürk believed in the necessity of education.So he taught
reading and writing to the nation.He was elected as the
head teacher of nation. He wrote textbooks and gave lessons.

20.  He abolished the
Caliphate and made
both government and
education secular,
gave equal rights to
women with men and
he took necessary
measures to advance
art, science,
agriculture and
industry.

21.  The account of Atatürk's fifteen year Presidency is a
saga of modernization and development.With
indefatigable determination, he created a new political
and legal system.

22. ATATURK’S VIEWS ON
SUCCESS AND EDUCATION
 Our true mentor in life is science.
 You must not exhaust against difficulty.
 Victory is for those who can say “Victory is
mine”.Success is for those who can begin saying”I will
succeed” and “I have succeeded” in the end.
 ‘Teachers are the ones and only people who can save
nations.’
 ‘Teachers! The new generation will be your revolution’

24.  On November 10, 1938,
following an illness of a
few months, the national
liberator and the Father
of modern Turkey died.
But his legacy to his
people and to the world
endures.His mausoleum
is in Ankara.

25. Bibliograpy
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 www.kultur.gov.tr
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 www.isteataturk.com
 Telci Cemal(2010) Tarihi Değiştiren Lider, İstanbul:Simge
Yayıncılık
 TURAN Şerafettin Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam
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