A portrait of Mustafa Kemal AtatŸrk hanging in a shop in Fethiye, Turkey. AtatŸrk (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: 5587px × 3725px
Location: Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey
Photo credit: © Colin McPherson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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