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Inönü, Ismet

(Encyclopedia) Inönü, IsmetInönü, Ismetĭsmĕtˈ ēnönüˈ [key], 1884–1973, Turkish statesman and soldier, president of Turkey (1938–50). He served in the Balkan Wars and World War I and became (1920)…

Atatürk, Kemal

(Encyclopedia) Atatürk, KemalAtatürk, Kemalkĕmälˈ ätätürkˈ [key], 1881–1938, Turkish leader, founder of modern Turkey. He took the name in 1934 in place of his earlier name, Mustafa Kemal, when he…

Lausanne, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia) Lausanne, Treaty of, 1922–23. The peace treaty (see Sèvres, Treaty of) imposed by the Allies on the Ottoman Empire after World War I had virtually destroyed Turkey as a national state…

Turkey: Rulers

Sultans Mustafa II (1695–1703) Ahmed III (1703–1730) Mahmud I (1730–1754) Osman III (1754–1757) Mustafa III (1757–1774) Abdülhamit I (1774–1789) Selim III (1789–1807) Mustafa IV (1807–1808…

Kemal, Yaşar

(Encyclopedia) Kemal, Yaşar or Yashar, 1923–2015, Turkish novelist, b. Kemal Sadik Gögçeli. His rural childhood was marked by poverty and trauma; at a mosque at age five he witnessed his father's…

Mustafa I

(Encyclopedia) Mustafa IMustafa Im&oobreve;stäfäˈ [key], 1591–1639?, Ottoman sultan (1617–18, 1622–23), brother and successor of Ahmed I to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Set aside…

Mustafa IV

(Encyclopedia) Mustafa IV, 1778–1808, Ottoman sultan (1807–8), son of Abd al-Hamid I. He was raised to the throne by the reactionary Janissaries who had deposed Mustafa's cousin, Selim III, because…