Atatürk
[ at-uh-turk, ah-tah-turk ]
/ ˈæt əˌtɜrk, ɑ tɑˈtɜrk /
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noun
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at arm's length, Atascadero, at a sitting, at a stretch, at a time, Atatürk, Ataturk, Kemal, atavic, atavism, atavistic, at a word
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How to use Atatürk in a sentence
By then, the former Mustafa Kemal had renamed himself Ataturk - and emerged as the ruler and remaker of his country.
British Dictionary definitions for Atatürk
Atatürk
/ (ˈætəˌtɜːk) /
noun
Kemal (kɛˈmɑːl), real name Mustafa Kemal. 1881– 1938, Turkish general and statesman; founder of the Turkish republic and president of Turkey (1923–38), who westernized and secularized the country
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