What is the meaning of Mustafa Kemal`s surname "Atatürk"?
May 19 - Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament.
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eugene wilson
took a guess and got it right.
Joe Mangan
Adø Lunzi, you love Turkish trivia.
June
I know his name well, as I remember his picture being on walls everywhere, when I travelled around Turkey with my son for a summer in 2005. Turkey is a beautiful country, with magnificent natural and manmade wonders.
tbear
Todd Cates, 👍😊
John W Shreve
Well, "Turk" is in his name.
Chandran David
Turk means Turkey, denotes the country and it’s people; I guessed that “ Ata “ might be “ father or leader “ and hence father of the Nation . Got it !
Joseph A. Robitaille
Good start for the country Turkey.
George Oliver Prince
Not sure if it still holds, but there used to be a huge fine or imprisonment for desecrating his statue
Evelyn Forbes
Thought Father of Turks, but chose Leader!
Kathryn A. Cobb
Got it wrong..
Adrienne Nelson
Let us know what happens if you do?
LOL
Lee Bates
I had. To think about that one for awhile......
Timothy Mckay
whooo hooooo let all us guessers celebrate because we got it right :-)
Brett Vice
No fair. I almost chose "Father Of The Turks", but I thought the guy was still alive so it didn't make sense to me. I'll go suffer in silence now...
Melissa Anne Rivera
He was a murderer and someone Hitler emulated. He committed mass genocide on the Armenians and Greeks.
Cesar Reyes
That is a good one Rhonda ! ha ha ha ;)