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Biography of Ataturk

ATATURK, FOUNDER OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938)  ATATURK, FOUNDER OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in a three-storey pink house at Islahhane Street, Kocakasim District, Salonika in 1881. His father was Ali Riza Efendi and mother was Zübeyde Hanim. His paternal grand father Hafiz Efendi is a member of Kocacik Nomads from Konya and Aydin region, which was settled in Macedonia during 14th-15th centuries. His mother Zübeyde Hanim, also a daughter of an old Turkish family, settled in the town of Langasa near ...

Canakkale - Gallipoli Campaign Results

The Dardanelles failure has put an end to the British Empire's apogee. From then on Britain's influence in her dominions had gradually declined. Despondent Africa and India have revolted. A period of awakening had begun in the dominions with the sense of national identity. In 20-30 years time, the British Empire has came to an end. The British has sailed for the world sovereignty but the Dardanelles campaign has misled their route. After the Dardanelles Campaign, the course of history had been changed not only for Britain but also for Russia. Russia has entered a period of progression and this progression ...

Fatih Sultan Mehmet

"Fatih Sultan Mehmet" redirects here. For the bridge that spans the Bosphorus strait, see Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. Mehmed II Khan Ottoman Sultan Conqueror Sultan Mehmed Khan,Kaizer-i Rum,Roman Emperor Reigned: Ottoman Period Full name Mehmed II Khan Predecessor Murad II Successor Murad II Reign 1444–46 2nd Predecessor Murad II 2nd Successor Bayezid II 2nd Reign 1451–81 Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد الثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II. Mehmet), (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", in Ottoman Turkish, or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432, Edirne – May 3, 1481, Hünkârcayırı, near Gebze) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm until the conquest) for a short time from 1444 ...

Ephesus - Izmir - Turkiye

Neolithic age The area surrounding Ephesus was already inhabited during the Neolithic Age (about 6000 BC) as was revealed by the excavations at the nearby hoyuk (artificial mounds known as tells) of Arvalya and Cukurici. Bronze age Excavations in recent years have unearthed settlements from the early Bronze Age at the Ayasuluk Hill. In 1954 a burial ground from the Mycenaean era (1500-1400 BC) with ceramic pots was discovered close to the ruins of the basilica of St. John. [5] This was the period of the Mycenaean Expansion when the Achaioi (as they were called by Homer) settled in Ahhiyawa during the 14th ...