Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's personal life
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Atatürk on Ege steamer during a tour to Antalya, February 1935.
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Ali Rıza oğlu Mustafa May 19, 1881 (a posteriori) Salonica (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire |
| Died | November 10, 1938 (aged 57) Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cause of death | Cirrhosis |
| Resting place | Anıtkabir, Ankara, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | War College in Istanbul |
| Known for | Military commander, revolutionary statesman |
| Spouse(s) | Lâtife (1923–25) |
| Children | 7 (adopted) |
| Parent(s) |
Ali Rıza Efendi Zübeyde Hanım |
| Relatives | sister Makbule (Atadan) |
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The achievements, personality, and personal life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (May 19, 1881 a posteriori – November 10, 1938) born to Ali Rıza Efendi and Zübeyde Hanım have been the subject of numerous studies. According to the Turkish historian Kemal H. Karpat, Atatürk's recent bibliography included 7,010 different sources. Atatürk's personal life has its controversies, ranging from where he was born to his correct full name. The details of his marriage have always been a subject of debate. His religious beliefs were discussed in Turkish political life as recently as the Republic Protests during the Turkish presidential election, 2007.
Mustafa Kemal's personality has been an important subject both for scholars and the general public. Much of substantial personal information about him comes from memoirs by his associates, who were at times his rivals, and friends. Some credible information originates from Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Kâzım Karabekir, Halide Edip Adıvar, Kılıç Ali, Falih Rıfkı Atay, Afet İnan, there is also secondary analysis by Patrick Balfour, the 3rd Baron Kinross, and, most recently, Vamık D. Volkan and Norman Itzkowitz.
In Turkish tradition, names have additional honorary or memorial values besides their grammatical identification function. It is possible to translate a name from Turkish to other languages, but care should be given as names' form varies from one language to another. Atatürk had Mustafa as his name at birth. Mustafa (Arabic: مصطفى – Muṣṭafā, "the chosen one"), an epithet of Islam's prophet Muhammad, was a common name at that time. Young Mustafa studied at the military junior high school in Salonica (Salonica Military School), where his mathematics teacher Captain Üsküplü Mustafa Sabri Bey gave him the additional name Kemal ("perfection") because of his academic excellence. Therefore, he became known as "Mustafa Kemal".
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