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From his successful military leadership at Gallipoli in 1915 to his death in 1938, Mustapha Kemal Ataturk played the central role in the creation of the modern Turkey. Rarely has a single individual not only created a new political entity but also infused it with a concept of statehood, a personal vision, and the political foundation which still endures at the end of the twentieth century
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Davis, S.I. (1996). Kemal Ataturk. In: Leadership in Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378100_3
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