When1: 1908
When2: 1938
Who: Kemal Ataturk [Ataturk, Kemal]
What: leader
Where: Istanbul, Turkey
Detail: He lived 1881 to 1938 and led Young Turks who restored constitution to Ottoman Empire [1908]. He was general in World War I and then organized Nationalist Party. He defeated invasion by Greece at Smyrna [1922], abolished sultanate [1922], and founded Turkey [1922]. He obtained peace at Lausanne Conference [1923] and then westernized Turkey.
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