Ata

Atatürk ,the leader of the Independence War, was born in 1881,in Selonica

His parents were Ali Rıza Efendi and Zübeyde Hanım

He attended the Şemsi Efendi Primary School in Salonica

Then, he went to the Selonica Military Secondary School

After he graduated from this school,he attended Military High School in Manastır,Macedonia

His real name was Mustafa.His Mathematics teacher called him Kemal.Kemal means

perfection

Mustafa Kemal was a perfect student and perfect leader

He graduated from the Genaral Staff College in 1905.He could speak French and

German

Atatürk was interested in being a soldier all his life.He was interested in Maths,literature and History

His first military success was in Trablusgarp Battle.He was the cheif Commander in the War

of independance

He was a very succesful soldier

He won victory in Gallipoli

He opened the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 1920

He married Latife Hanım in İzmir in 1923

He became the first president of Turkish Republic in 1923

He liked swimming and rowing

He made political reforms,social reforms,legal reforms,economic reforms and reforms in education

and culture

Atatürk liked animals very much.His last dog’s name was Fox

His favourite book was Çalıkuşu

He adopted a daughter called Ülkü

He always wore white shirts

Clean rooms and clean clothes were important to him

Atatürk died when he was 57 years old.

Anitkabir is the mausoleum of Atatürk