Atatürk

[ at-uh-turk, ah-tah-turk ]

noun

1. Kemal Atatürk.

Atatürk

/ ˈætəˌtɜːk /

noun

1. AtatürkKemal18811938MTurkishPOLITICS: head of stateMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman Kemal (kɛˈmɑːl), real name Mustafa Kemal. 1881– 1938, Turkish general and statesman; founder of the Turkish republic and president of Turkey (1923–38), who westernized and secularized the country

Example Sentences

By then, the former Mustafa Kemal had renamed himself Ataturk - and emerged as the ruler and remaker of his country.

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