Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the leader who established Turkey as a republic after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. He was given the honorific name "Ataturk", meaning "Father of the Turks". Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, making him the first and only Turkish recipient. Tarkan is a famous Turkish pop singer who has sold over 29 million albums worldwide despite singing in Turkish. Pamukkale, Cappadocia, and several historic sites like the Bosphorus and Galata bridges, Maiden's Tower, and Blue Mosque are among Turkey's most notable natural wonders and landmarks.