Mustafa Kemal and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal was born in 1881 in Salonica which use to be part of the ottoman empire and it is now a city in greece. Mustafa Kemal was a military leader and a hero he lead the turks out of a liberation struggle and led them to freedom. In his idea of modernization education and government played a big role.Mustafa kemal was president for 15 years until he died in 1938 he was a great leader to his people and adapted the name attaturk which means father of the turks.