Turkey's government marked the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire on Sunday with a firework and drone show in Istanbul as well ...

After the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies at Istanbul, Mustafa Kemal opened on 23rd April, 1920 in Ankara the first Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and he was elected its president.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, is shown in 1937. Ataturk, who died in 1938, is revered by Turks for his military and diplomatic victories that established Turkey as a republic.

A Turkish army major read a message that modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk — a former Gallipoli commander — dedicated to the mothers of the soldiers who died: ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, members of his government cabinet and top army generals visit the Anitkabir, ...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, is shown in 1937. Ataturk, who died in 1938, is revered by Turks for his military and diplomatic victories that established Turkey as a republic.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, is shown in 1937. Ataturk, who died in 1938, is revered by Turks for his military and diplomatic victories that established Turkey as a republic.