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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk  

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  • Founder of modern Turkey Born into a lower-middle-class family in Turkey as the Ottoman Empire crumbled, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk became one of the most respected, or detested, leaders in modern history. He was respected for leading the creation of a secular government in Turkey and detested for the same reason. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal]

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