The future president of Turkey was born in 1881 in the city of Thessaloniki (now it is the territory of Greece), his parents called him Mustafa. In the military school, where Mustafa entered after school, a mathematics teacher added Kemal to his name, which in Turkish means "perfection, impeccability". In his youth, the talented officer was fond of literature and poetry, but later chose politics as the cause of his life. During World War I, Mustafa Kemal fought fearlessly on many fronts from Libya to Syria, but the most important stage in his career was the participation of Mustafa in the defense of the Dardanelles from Anglo-French troops that were numerically superior to the enemy.

First Turkish president

Ataturk Ataturk is the first president of Turkey
Turks are very loved and respected by its first president: in almost every town and village of the country there is a street named in his honor.

In 1916 he was promoted to the rank of general and awarded the title of Pasha. After the war, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and the victorious countries occupied most of Turkey. Then Mustafa headed the national liberation movement. After the exhausting struggle for freedom, the independence of the Turkish Republic was proclaimed in 1923, the first president of which became Mustafa Kemal. At the request of his people in 1935, Mustafa took the surname of Ataturk (with the Turkish father of the Turks). The large-scale reforms of Ataturk led to the gradual transformation of Turkey into a secular state, among them: the introduction of the Latin alphabet, granting women equal rights with men, adoption of the new Civil Code. The president himself was an atheist, but Islam was not persecuted during and after his rule. The political actions undertaken by Atatürk were aimed at returning the national pride and self-consciousness to the Turkish people without using any forceful methods. Mustafa Kemal died in 1938, now his remains are in the specially built Anitkabir mausoleum in Ankara. Turks are very fond of and respect their first president: in practically every town and village of the country there is a street named after him. Disrespectful attitude to his memory is an insult to every local resident, which they take very seriously.

Gulshat Zakirova