CLEP Social Sciences

Answer - D - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is considered to be the father of Modern Turkey.

Key Takeaway: Mustafa Kemal, later called Ataturk, was a Turkish colonel who helped to successfully defeat the British at Gallipoli in 1915. After this, he created a new government in Ankara, negotiated a treaty with the Allied powers, and drove the Greeks from Turkey. He also fought long and hard to modernize and westernize Turkey. In 1923, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Ataturk established the Republic of Turkey and became its first president.