Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of the Turkish Republic and it's first president. He was a military commander and protected his country as well as winning impressive victories against all odds. He lead his nation to independence. His goal was to modernize Turkish life to give his people a new sense equality, dignity, and happiness. In his road for modernizatrion secular governement and education played a major role.
He wanted religious faith to be a matter of individualities. One of his famous quote talking about modernizing Turkey was " The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity." Mustaf Kemal had many accomplishments as president for 15 years, until his death in 1938, leading reforms in political, social, legal, economic, and culture in Turkey.
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