Father of the Turks

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Father of the Turks is the honorific title given to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding leader and first president of the Republic of Turkey who led its transformation into a modern, secular nation-state.

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instanceOf honorific title
appliesToRole first president of the Republic of Turkey
founder of the Republic of Turkey
associatedWithConcept Turkish nationalism
nation-building
secularism in Turkey
associatedWithCountry Turkey
associatedWithIdeology Kemalism
associatedWithPeriod early 20th century
commemoratedOn Turkish national holidays honoring Atatürk
denotesStatus founding father of modern Turkey
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey
honorificForAchievement establishing a modern nation-state from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire
implementing educational reforms in Turkey
implementing legal reforms in Turkey
implementing political reforms in Turkey
implementing social reforms in Turkey
leadership in the Turkish War of Independence
promoting modernization and Westernization in Turkey
promoting secular governance in Turkey
languageOfOrigin Turkish
refersTo Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
usedAsSynonymFor Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
surface form: Atatürk
usedInContext biographical works on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
historical writings about modern Turkey
political discourse in Turkey

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk honorificMeaning Father of the Turks