About This Trend
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish army officer, statesman, and the founder of modern Turkey, serving as the country's first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.
He is currently trending due to the anniversary of his landing in Samsun on May 19, 1919, which marked the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence, with many people paying tribute to his legacy and reforms that shaped the country.