![]() ![]() In his revolutionary zeal Ataturk sometimes brought Turkey is heavily Islamic, he insisted upon the separation of church and state. ![]() ![]() Military, extended suffrage to women, and advocated the equal treatment under the law of Greek and Jewish minorities. (but also logical, idealistic, and visionary), Ataturk took steps to revive a war-ravaged economy, consolidated his decimated Of WWI was renowned as the "Sick Man of Europe") gave way to a modern parliamentary state. Under Ataturk’sĭirection, the moribund Ottoman Empire (which in the 17th century had extended to the very gates of Vienna but by the outbreak The French, the British, the tenacious Italians, and-worst of all from the Turkish point of view-the Greeks. The savior of his defeated country, as he pitted the overextended Allied occupiers against themselves and eventually drove out But it was his shrewd, patient politics that made him The "Young Turk" Mustafa Kemal Ataturk rose to prominence fighting the Allies in WWI, distinguishing himself at GallipoliĪnd Syria and outpacing his rivals to take command of the armed forces. To piece together a substantial biography of the father of modern Turkey. Turkish author Mango (Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role, 1994) draws upon official archives and international sources ![]()
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