Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Self: Ankara - Heart of Turkey. Mustafa was born in 1881 in Salonica, then an Ottoman Turkish city, in modern day Greece. His father, Ali Riza, a customs official-turned-lumber merchant, died when Mustafa was still a boy. His mother, Zubeyde, a devout and strong-willed woman, raised him and his younger sister by herself. First enrolled in a traditional Islamic religious school, he soon switched to a modern...
Known For: Ankara - Heart of Turkey (Self)