Atatürk is the person,who founded the Turkish Republic .He is our great leader.
He was born in 1881 in Selonica.He has a sister her name is Makbule.Atatürk's father's name is Ali Rıza Efendi and his mother's name is Zübeyde Hanım.
He is an incredible and extraordinary person because when he saved the Turkish people,our country had been invaded and the people had been too poor and weak.
Atatürk went to Samsun on the19 May 1919 and our independence war started.With his leadership,everyone in the country even the women and teenagers joined the independence struggle.And we won our independence.Later Atatürk founded the Turkish Republic.He was a leader for 15 years .He did a lot of revolutions.Noone could believe all of these improvements,because they were incredibly fast and important . And he died in 1938 in Dolmabahçe Palace.Every Turkish people cried for Atatürk but he lives in our hearts.We promised him to follow his principles as Turkish youth.

Prepared by Melis Bora,Turkey