Today marks the 88th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic and its first president.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in 1881 in Thessaloniki.
In 1896 he entered a military school. During World War I and the Turkish War of Independence, Atatürk gained great prestige through his military and political activities.
Leading the national liberation movement he founded in 1919, Atatürk played an important role in Turkey's independence.
Mustafa Kemal also entered history under the name Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha. After the victory of the Turkish army in the Battle of Sakarya, which took place between August 23 and September 13, 1921, on September 19, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey awarded him the honorary title of "Gazi" and the military rank of Marshal.
After the proclamation of the Republic by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on October 29, 1923, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was elected the head of state - the President of the Republic.
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