Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: A Commander And An Effective Leader

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Student Initials: C.D. FLE136 1 Still in Memory of His Nation In the text "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - A Commander and an Effective Leader", Byrne (2003) mainly states the basic characteristics of an ideal leader. He classifies these traits under five main points which are vision, courage, rhetorical skills, determination and integrity. Then he shows how Mustafa Kemal carries all the characteristic of an ideal leader. Byrne also highlights Mustafa Kemal's contributions to today's modern Turkey as well as making some comparison of Mustafa Kemal with his contemporaries. Even though I am in favor of most of the opinions belonging to writer, I find it wrong what the writer claimed about more general phenomena such as democracy and independence. Although