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to the world with an open heart full of pure feelings and friendship".

Atatürk's Life
National Liberator
Founder of the Republic
Legal Transformation
Social Reforms
Economic Growth
The New Language
Women's Rights
Strides in Education
Culture and the Arts
Peace at Home, Peace in the World
UNESCO Resolution on the Atatürk Centennial

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Atatürk's Life
"There are two Mustafa Kemals. One the flesh-and-blood Mustafa Kemal who now stands before you and who will pass away. the other is you, all of you here who will go to the far corners of our land to spread the ideals which must be defended with your lives if necessary. I stand for the nation's dreams, and my life's work is to make them come true."

Atatürk stands as one of the world's few historic figures who dedicated their lives totally to their nations.

He was born in 1881 (probably in the spring) in Salonica, then an Ottoman city, now in Greece. His father Ali Riza, a customs official turned lumber merchant, died when Mustafa was still a boy. His mother Zubeyde, a devout and strong-willed woman, raised him and his sister. First enrolled in a...