Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in the Ottoman city of Salonika (Turkish: Selânik; modern-day Thessaloniki in Greece) in the spring of 1881 to Ali Rıza Efendi, his father, and Zübeyde Hanım, his mother. Born as Mustafa, his second name Kemal (meaning Perfection or Maturity) was given to him by his mathematics teacher in recognition of his academic excellence. In his early years, his mother encouraged Mustafa to attend a religious school (the Mahalle Mektebi (translated as Neighborhood School)), though a reluctant Mustafa completed only a brief stay there. Then he had a fight with one of his teachers and left home, his father had him go to Şemsi Efendi school,which gave modern education.

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