Category: HistoryPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC
Atatürk
/ataturk/Roman
English meaning: Atatürk (Father of Turks)
Turkish Definition
(Türkçe)Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kurucusu ve ilk cumhurbaşkanı olan Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Kurtuluş Savaşı'nı yönetmiş ve kapsamlı laikleşme reformlarını hayata geçirmiştir.
English Definition
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. He led Turkey's War of Independence and implemented sweeping secularist modernization reforms including abolishing the Caliphate, adopting the Latin alphabet, and separating religion from state — a model studied globally for nation-building.
Example
“Atatürk, modern Türk devletinin kurucusudur.”
In English: “Atatürk is the founder of the modern Turkish state.”
Synonyms
- Mustafa Kemal
- Gazi
Literary Heritage
“Tarih, galibin yazdığı masaldır.”
“History is the fairy tale written by the victor.”
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- Türkçe
- Turkish
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Turkic
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