The theme of the final work is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the modernization of Turkey. The aim is to deal with one of the most important statesmen of the twentieth century. The exact date of Atatürk's birth is not known, but it is known that he was born in Thessaloniki in 1880 or 1881. He began his education in Thessaloniki, and after that he continued his education in Bitola. He gained his first experiences at the front in the war in Tripolitania. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk took part in the defense of Gallipoli. The Battle of Gallipoli was one of the greatest battles of the First World War, and Atatürk was one of the more important commanders on the ground. Along with Liman von Sanders, Atatürk was one of the more deserving defenders who defended Gallipoli. After First World War, in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated, Atatürk led a nationalist resistance in the War of Independence between Turkey and Greece. In that war, the Turkish army managed to defeat Greece. After the War of Independence, Atatürk modernized Turkey and gradually brought it closer to the values of the Western world. Atatürk carried out the modernization and secularization of Turkey. During his reign, women were given rights for the first time. Atatürk's reforms could not always follow the development of society and were therefore more difficult to accept in rural Turkey.