Kemal Ataturk
He was a soldier, nationalist, statesman who created the modern turkey from the remain of the old ottoman empire. He was born in Greece , the son of a minor official and went to military academies (1899-1905). He graduated as a captain but as he had sympathies with the Young Turks empire) he was sent to the distant Outpost of syria. He fought against the Italian invading Libya but his major military trumph was the defeat of the British , french and Australian forces at Gallipoli in the world war 1 in 1915. The western allies though they could land on the benches of Gallipoli and strike at the heart of the Germany's Ally,turkey.
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