Atatürk, or “Father Turk,” began his career in the service of the Ottoman military, but he soon became the Empire’s greatest opponent and went on to lead the Turkish War of Independence. In the early 1920s, Atatürk led a military and political campaign that resulted in the Treaty of Lausanne and the founding of the Turkish republic. In 1923, Atatürk was elected the Republic’s first president. He then set out on an energetic program of Westernization. How did he reform the Turkish language? Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary