Ataturk Gallery

Ataturk and Amanullah Khan in a rowing boat - 1928

Exceptionally rare postcard from May 1928 showing Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ), President of Turkey, pictured in a rowing boat with the Sovereign of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan (1892-1960) (Emir between 1919-1926). Date: 1928

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - The Patriot

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) - a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President from 1923 until his death. The fantastic dedication below the portrait reads thus: "Oh Young Turks, the first goal was to protect Turkish Independence and the Turkish Republic and to protect the food. There is noble calm in the powers of hope" Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Shadows of the Turkish soldiers are seen on a wall as they wait for the start of a

Shadows of Turkish soldiers are seen on a wall as they wait for the start of a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during the 70th anniversary of his death in Ankara November 10, 2008. A new film that portrays Turkey's revered founder Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts has whipped up emotions in a country still grappling with his legacy 70 years after his death. Ataturk, a former soldier, founded modern Turkey as a secularist republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY) - GF2E4BA152D01