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a video about Atatürk and Turkey with a wonderful song about Atatürk, the father of the Turks...
A Hero’s Story (In Loving Memory Of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk) present by Blueinferno
(19 Mayıs 1881 - 10 Kasım 1938)
Emerging as a military hero at the Dardanelles in 1915, he became the charismatic leader of the Turkish national liberation struggle in 1919. He blazed across the world scene in the early 1920s as a triumphant commander who crushed the invaders of his country. Following a series of impressive victories against all odds, he led his nation to full independence. He put an end to the antiquated Ottoman dynasty whose tale had lasted more than six centuries - and created the Republic of Turkey in 1923, establishing a new government truly representative of the nation’s will.
As President for 15 years, until his death in 1938, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk introduced a broad range of swift and sweeping reforms - in the political, social, legal, economic, and