At the soldiers’ final resting place at the Seddulbahir French cemetery, French Embassy official Mathilde Grammont read from a message that modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk — a ...

At Gallipoli, a Campaign That Laid Ground for National ... Polygamy remains widespread in Turkey even though it was banned by first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as part of modernization ...

Turkish troops on parade at Gallipoli during World War I, circa 1915. Credit: Getty Images At its heart is a reassessment of the role of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish commander at Gallipoli ...

A century ago, Allied troops waded ashore on the Gallipoli peninsula at the start of an ill-fated land campaign to wrest the Dardanelles Strait from the Ottoman Empire. The disastrous World War I ...

Turkey has become embroiled in its own history wars ahead of the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli as its hardline President seeks to recast the conflict as a holy war.

Mustafa Kemal Atat rk: Read 10 Unknown Facts About First President of Turkey. ... He gained international recognition for his leadership during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I.

For the first time at age 95, Bill Grayden has come to Gallipoli, where his father stormed the beach and took a bullet through his lung during the ill-fated British-led World War I invasion.Grayden… ...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was military leader at Gallipoli and "father" of the modern Republic of Turkey. A sculpture of Ataturk was unveiled in Maryborough in July 2021 and today a small crowd ...

Mustafa Kemal – later known as Ataturk – was a commander at the Gallipoli campaign of World War I in 1915, and later went on to establish the Republic of Turkey in 1923, after he ended the ...

The remains of 17 missing French soldiers who fought in the World War I Battle of Gallipoli have been handed over to French military officials and put to rest alongside other fallen comrades ...