ATATÜRK


Meaning of ATATÜRK in English

At ‧ a ‧ türk, Ke ‧ mal /ˈætətɜːk $ -tɜːrk, keˈmɑːl/ BrE AmE

(1881–1938) a Turkish politician and army officer who established the modern state of Turkey and became its first President in 1923. He made many changes to make Turkey a more western country, for example by giving women the vote and changing the writing system so that it used the Roman alphabet instead of Arabic letters.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.