Turkey 1923-1960
•Turkey was founded in 1923
by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a successful Ottoman general.
•Turkey is a secular state comprised primarily
of Anatolia.
•Its capital is Ankara, not Istanbul.
•“Ne mutlu Türküm diyene!”
(“How happy is he who can say ‘I am a Turk’!”)
•“Turk” vs. “Ottoman”