Atatürk and the Birth of Modern Turkey
Explore Atatürk and the Birth of Modern Turkey on Ever-When, an interactive timeline of history from the Big Bang to the present day.
Key events on this timeline
- Presidency of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923)
- Republic of Turkey proclaimed (1923)
- Turkish War of Independence (1919)
- Abolition of the Caliphate (1924)
- Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate (1922)
- Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
- Mustafa Kemal lands at Samsun (1919)
- Burning of Smyrna (1922)
- The Battle of Sakarya (1921)
- Treaty of Sèvres (1920)
- Death of Atatürk (1938)
- The Grand National Assembly convenes at Ankara (1920)
- Greek-Turkish War / Asia Minor campaign (1919)
- The surname law names him Atatürk (1934)
- Gallipoli campaign (1915)
- The Hat Law (1925)
- Turkish alphabet reform (1928)
- Turkish women gain the vote (1934)