For decades, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) saw itself not just as a defense force, but as the essential "guardian" of ...

The Atatürk House in Thessaloniki, Greece, the birthplace of Turkey's founding leader, is set to reopen to visitors on ...

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer revolutionary statesman writer and the first President of Turkey He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey His ...

The founder of the modern secular state of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had the same dream in mind. After a recent visit to his colossal tomb I began to realize how much this man and his dream are ...

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, ...

KARADENIZ EREGLI, Turkey—Hundreds of families, children in tow, lined up outside a bookstore in this industrial town on a recent Sunday, taking part in a publishing phenomenon: a 500-page best seller ...

For decades, the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Republic of Turkey’s first president, has served as the country’s guiding force. Yet, amidst an unprecedented debate on the role of secularism, ...

For decades, the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Republic of Turkey's first president, has served as the country's guiding force. Yet, amidst an unprecedented debate on the role of secularism, ...

Ninety years since the establishment of the Republic, in an ever more complex society, the limitations and contradictions of Turkish national identity are coming to the fore more and more. “There is a ...

A Turkish woman drinks wine in front a night club in downtown Istanbul. A Turkish woman drinks wine in front a night club in downtown Istanbul. Mustafa Ozer / AFP-Getty Images The founder of modern ...