The Biog-Raphy Atark By Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Analyzing Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a very profound man who left a great mark on the history of Turkey. He was the one who created Turkey from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire and by ana-lyzing his life story, historians were able to understand how he became so successful. The biog-raphy Atatürk by Andrew Mango vividly describes Atatürk’s life by designing sentences that are able to express his greatness. Mango scrutinizes his life from birth and death, analyzing his life like a historian to understand how he was able to create the nation of Turkey. Mango presents his facts with forethought to prove that Atatürk’s success in life stemmed from his desire to maintain a militaristic personality. As a young boy, general Islamic education

The Allies found the Ottoman Empire as a perfect place to spread chaos and disaster for the Axis powers. As a result, the Allies set a plan to invade the Ottoman Empire and disintegrate the Axis powers. In 1915, Atatürk was able to force the Allies out of the Ottoman Empire by repelling the Allied invasion at Darda-nelles. Atatürk was also able to gain leadership of the 19th division at Gallipoli because of his success at Dardanelles. Through his repeated victories, his reputation as a solider grew greatly throughout the Ottoman Empire. He was then transferred to Causcaus where his luck in the mili-tary declined by his popularity increased. He continued to participate in military activities until March 1918 when he resigned in protest due his higher leader Enver Pasha’s conduct but re-turned on August 1918 ready for combat. But he came as a changed man, a man who led the separation of the Ottoman

He was made head of the Seventh Army in August 1918 and eventually gained control over all the military troops in the North of Turkey. He started and led the revolutions in Anatolia, to develop Otto-man resistance to Greek power. But his revolution proved unsuccessful because the Ottomans lost power in Treaty of Lausanne, signed by the Allies, which divided the Ottoman Empire. Shortly after Lausanne was signed, the Treaty of Severe was signed to bring the rise of Turkey from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Given such conditions of chaos in the empire, Atatürk decide to call a provisional government in Ankara in 1921 formally becoming the founder of the nation of the Turkey. In the years to come, the title of the Ottoman sultan would vanish and fi-nally in 1923 Atatürk was formally pronounced the President of Turkey. Once he gained power, he decided abandon the old Islamic traditions of the empire and move to western ideologies. His reforms include taking away the Islamic schools, and removing the power of the Shariah in Tur-key. He also discouraged the usage of the hijabs and abolished the use of the Islamic calendar while encouraging the use of the Gregorian calendar. He modified Turkey so much that he touched the lives of the many people living in Turkey, impacting Turkey