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Biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in the Kocakasım District of Salonica in 1881 in a three-story pink house on Islahane Street. His father's name was Ali Rıza Efendi and his mother was Zübeyde Hanım.

His paternal grandfather, Hafız Ahmet Efendi, was from the Kocacık Yörüks (a Turkish nomadic tribe), who had emigrated from Konya and Aydın and settled in Macedonia during the 14th and 15th centuries.

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His mother, Zübeyde Hanım, was the daughter of an old Turkish family that had settled in the town of Langaza near Salonica. Ali Rıza Efendi, who served as a militia officer, an estate clerk and a lumber merchant, married Zübeyde Hanım in 1871.

Four of Atatürk's five siblings died at an early age and only his sister Makbule (Atadan) lived until 1956.

When Mustafa reached school age, he started his education at the Hafız Efendi local primary school; however, upon his father's request, he later switched to Şemsi Efendi School.

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