Atatürk
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, World War I, Empires, Dynasties, Ottoman Empire, Nationalism
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Military significance: A hero of World War I, Atatürk mobilized Turkish nationalism and founded the modern Republic of Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal (he would not adopt the name Atatürk until 1934) received a military education, graduating from the Staff College in the Ottoman Empire in 1905. By the eve of World War I, he had fought in Libya and the Balkans against outside powers encroaching on the Ottoman Empire. He had also entered the political currents of his time by joining a secret opposition movement, the Committee of Union and Progress, which...
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