Like all great men in history, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) can be viewed from a number of different perspectives: as the founder os a state, as a nation-builder, as a the founder of a state, as a nation-builder, as a moderniser of his society, as an extraordinarily capable political leader, as a successful military cammander, as an educator of his nation, as one of the first successful anti-imperialist leaders of the Third World, as a statesman who deeply believed in and contributed to wor ...