A portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk hanging in a shop window by a cafe in Fethiye, Turkey. Atatürk (c. 1881 - 1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938. He undertook sweeping progressive reforms, which modernised Turkey into a secular, industrialising nation.

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Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey
Photo credit: © Colin McPherson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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