Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

Name: Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
Director: Tarquin Olivier
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1999-01-01
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 3
Cast: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nigel Hawthorne, Tarquin Olivier

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Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

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Released

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Olivier Consultants Overseas

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1999-01-01

Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

The rise of modern Turkey under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal, later known as Atatürk. He established peace on the borders of Turkey for the first time in centuries, secularized the country, emancipated women, guaranteed certain minorities equal rights, and replaced Arabic script with the Latin alphabet. Along with rare archival footage is commentary from academic experts and interviews with his adopted daughter Ulku; Suleyman Demirel, President of the Turkish Republic; and the Patriarch of the Orthodox church.

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Self (archive footage)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador

Nigel Hawthorne

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tarquin Olivier