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COMMANDER // 1881–1938

Mustafa Kemal

mareşalTurkey4 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1881 – 1938

18901900191019201930Italo-Turkish War · 1911-1912First Balkan War · 1912-1913Battle of Tobruk — December 22, 1911 · Ottoman Empire · Italo-Turkish WarBattle of Derna — March 3, 1912 · Ottoman Empire · Italo-Turkish WarBattle of Gargaresc — January 20, 1912 · Ottoman Empire · Italo-Turkish WarBattle of Bulair — January 26, 1913 · Ottoman Empire · First Balkan War

Active service 1911–1913 — 4 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 30.

Profile

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938. He led sweeping reforms, turning Turkey into a secular, industrialising nation. Ideologically a secularist, republican and nationalist, his policies and socio-political theories became known as Kemalism. Atatürk's personality cult and the Kemalist historiography developed around it have had significant and ongoing influences on Turkey's political culture and historical narrative.

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Battles (4)

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