Timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is a time line of events during the lifespan of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The time line also includes the background events starting with the Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Military Career | Leadership during Independence | Presidency | Personal Life |
1876 | 1 September | Accession of Abdul Hamid II |
23 December | Promulgation of Ottoman constitution Kanûn-ı Esâsî | |
1877 | 19 March | Opening of first Ottoman parliament |
24 April | Russian troops enter Ottoman territory | |
1878 | 14 February | Ottoman parliament dissolved |
3 March | Russian victory confirmed by Treaty of San Stefano (Ayastefanos) | |
13 July | Treaty of Berlin replaces Treaty of San Stefano | |
1880 | Winter | Mustafa (Kemal Atatürk) born in Salonica |
1881 | 24 May | New border with Greece. Thessaly ceded to Greece |
1888 | Ali Rıza, Mustafa’s father, dies | |
1893 | Mustafa enters military preparatory school in Salonica | |
1897 | Greco-Ottoman War | |
1899 | 13 March | Mustafa Kemal enters infantry class of War College in Istanbul |
1902 | 10 February | Commissioned Second Lieutenant, and enters Staff College |
1903 | Promoted First Lieutenant | |
1905 | 11 January | Passes out as Staff Captain and is posted for Fifth Army in Syria; revives a secret opposition group in Damascus |
1906 | Makes clandestine trip to Salonica | |
1907 | 20 June | Promoted Adjutant-Major |
13 October | Posted to Third Army headquarters in Salonica | |
1908 | 22 June | Appointed to Inspectorate of Eastern Railways in Rumelia |
24 July | Young Turk Revolution | |
September | Mustafa Kemal travels to Tripoli and Benghazi to re-establish CUP | |
1909 | 13 January | Appointed chief of staff of i7th reserve division in Salonica |
13 April | Travels with his division to the outskirts of Istanbul; 31 March Incident | |
27 April | Abdul Hamid II deposed and succeeded by Mehmet V; 31 March Incident | |
1910 | September | Visits French army manoeuvres in Picardy; |
September | Takes part in suppress of Albanian revolt | |
1911 | 15 January | Appointed to 5th army corps headquarters |
January | Commander 38th infantry regiment | |
13 September | Posted to general staff in Istanbul; | |
September | Volunteers for service against the Italians in Cyrenaica | |
27 November | Promoted Major | |
1912 | 11 March | Appointed commander of Derne sector in Cyrenaica; Italo-Turkish War |
8 October | First Balkan War | |
8 October | Salonica falls to the Greeks | |
24 October | Mustafa Kemal leaves Cyrenaica and returns to Istanbul | |
25 November | Appointed director of operations of Straits Composite Force | |
1913 | 23 January | CUP seizes power Coup of 1913 |
24 March | Edirne falls to the Bulgarians | |
29 June | Second Balkan War | |
21 July | Ottomans reoccupy Edirne | |
29 September | Treaty of Istanbul fixes Turkish-Bulgarian frontier | |
27 October | Mustafa Kemal appointed military attaché in Sofia | |
1914 | 1 March | Mustafa Kemal promoted Lieutenant-Colonel |
28 July | Austria declares war on Serbia; beginning of First World War | |
2 August | Ottoman Empire signs Ottoman-German Alliance. | |
29 October | After Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau Ottoman navy under German command shells Russian targets | |
2 November | Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire | |
5 November | Britain declares war on Ottoman Empire | |
5 November | France declares war on Ottoman Empire | |
1915 | 20 January | Mustafa Kemal leaves Sofia to take up appointment as commander of 19th division for service in Battle of Gallipoli |
21 March | Allied navy fails to force the straits at Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign | |
27 April | Allied troops Landing at Anzac Cove faced with Mustafa | |
6 August | Final attempts made by the British at Battle of Sari Bair faced with Mustafa | |
1919 | April 30 | Appointed the Inspector of the Ninth Army Troops. |
May 19 | Kemal lands in Samsun. | |
July 8 | Mustafa Kemal resigns from the post of Inspector of Third Army and from the army. | |
July 23 | Kemal elected Chairman of Erzurum Congress. | |
1920 | April 23 | Kemal opens the Grand National Assembly (BMM) in Ankara. |
May 11 | Kemal is condemned to death by the government in Istanbul. | |
1921 | August 5 | Appointed Commander - in - Chief by the Grand National Assembly. |
August 23 | The battle of Sakarya begins with Turkish troops led by Mustafa Kemal. | |
September 19 | Kemal receives the rank of Marshal and the title Gazi (veteran, victorious warrior). | |
1922 | August 26 | Gazi Mustafa Kemal begins to lead Great Offensive from the hill of Kocatepe. |
August 30 | Mustafa Kemal at the Battle of Dumlupınar. | |
September 10 | Enters Izmir. | |
November 1 | The Grand National Assembly abolish the Sultanate. | |
1923 | January 14 | Zübeyde Hanım dies in İzmir. |
29 January | Mustafa Kemal and Latife Uşşakizade marry in İzmir. | |
October 29 | Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey | |
October 29 | Elected first president. | |
1928 | August 9 | Speaks at Sarayburnu on the new Turkish alphabet. |
1932 | July 12 | Founds the Turkish Linguistic Society (now the Turkish Language Association). |
1934 | June 16 | The Grand National Assembly passes a law granting him the surname "ATATÜRK". |
1938 | November 10 | Passes away. |
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