ATATÜRK
Founder of Modern Turkiye
The Republic of Türkiye was founded in 1923 by the revolutionary and the father of Türkiye, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
While there is an infinite number of things Atatürk brought to Türkiye to improve the lives of the people, some of his biggest admirers were other leaders in the world.
"Shakespeare wrote, Einstein thought, Atatürk built."
— Bill Clinton
“The most valuable and interesting statesman in all of Europe does not live in Europe today, but beyond the Bosphorus, he lives in Ankara.”
— Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Atatürk’s death is not only a loss for the country, but for Europe is the greatest loss, he who saved Turkey in the war and who revived a new the Turkish nation after the war. The sincere tears shed after him by all classes of people is nothing other than an appropriate manifestation to this great hero and modern Turkey’s Ata.”
— Winston Churchill