Timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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Timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is a time line of events during the lifespan of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The time line also includes the background events starting with the Sultan Abdulhamid II.

Legend
Military Career	Leadership during Independence	Presidency	Personal Life

1876	1 September	Accession of Abdulhamid II
	23 December	Promulgation of Ottoman constitution Kanûn-ı Esâsî
1877	19 March	Opening of first Ottoman parliament
	24 April	Russian troops enter Ottoman territory
1878	14 February	Ottoman parliament dissolved
	3 March	Russian victory confirmed by Treaty of San Stefano (Ayastefanos)
	13 July	Treaty of Berlin replaces Treaty of San Stefano
1880	Winter	Mustafa (Kemal Atatürk) born in Salonica
1881	24 May	New border with Greece. Thessaly ceded to Greece
1888		All Riza, Mustafa’s father, dies
1893		Mustafa enters military preparatory school in Salonica
1897		Greco-Ottoman War
1899	13 March	Mustafa Kemal enters infantry class of War College in Istanbul
1902	10 February	Commissioned Second Lieutenant, and enters Staff College
1903		Promoted First Lieutenant
1905	11 January	Passes out as Staff Captain and is posted for Fifth Army in Syria; revives a secret opposition group in Damascus
1906		Makes clandestine trip to Salonica
1907	20 June	Promoted Adjutant-Major
	13 October	Posted to Third Army headquarters in Salonica
1908	22 June	Appointed to Inspectorate of Eastern Railways in Rumelia
	24 July	Young Turk Revolution
	September	Mustafa Kemal travels to Tripoli and Benghazi to re-establish CUP
1909	13 January	Appointed chief of staff of i7th reserve division in Salonica
	13 April	Travels with his division to the outskirts of Istanbul; 31 March Incident
	27 April	Abdülhamit II deposed and succeeded by Mehmet V; 31 March Incident
1910	September	Visits French army manoeuvres in Picardy;
	September	Takes part in suppress of Albanian revolt
1911	15 January	Appointed to 5th army corps headquarters
	January	Commander 38th infantry regiment
	13 September	Posted to general staff in Istanbul;
	September	Volunteers for service against the Italians in Cyrenaica
	27 November	Promoted Major
1912	11 March	Appointed commander of Derne sector in Cyrenaica; Italo-Turkish War
	8 October	First Balkan War
	8 October	Salonica falls to the Greeks
	24 October	Mustafa Kemal leaves Cyrenaica and returns to Istanbul
	25 November	Appointed director of operations of Straits Composite Force
1913	23 January	CUP seizes power Coup of 1913
	24 March	Edirne falls to the Bulgarians
	29 June	Second Balkan War
	21 July	Ottomans reoccupy Edirne
	29 September	Treaty of Istanbul fixes Turkish-Bulgarian frontier
	27 October	Mustafa Kemal appointed military attaché in Sofia
1914	1 March	Mustafa Kemal promoted Lieutenant-Colonel
	28 July	Austria declares war on Serbia; beginning of First World War
	2 August	Ottoman Empire signs Ottoman-German Alliance.
	29 October	After Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau Ottoman navy under German command shells Russian targets
	2 November	Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire
	5 November	Britain declares war on Ottoman Empire
	5 November	France declares war on Ottoman Empire
1915	20 January	Mustafa Kemal leaves Sofia to take up appointment as commander of 19th division for service in Battle of Gallipoli
	21 March	Allied navy fails to force the straits at Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
	27 April	Allied troops Landing at Anzac Cove faced with Mustafa
	6 August	Final attempts made by the British at Battle of Sari Bair faced with Mustafa
1919	April 30	Appointed the Inspector of the Ninth Army Troops.
	May 19	Kemal lands in Samsun.
	July 8	Mustafa Kemal resigns from the post of Inspector of Third Army and from the army.
	July 23	Kemal elected Chairman of Erzurum Congress.
1920	April 23	Kemal opens the Grand National Assembly (BMM) in Ankara.
	May 11	Kemal is condemned to death by the government in Istanbul.
1921	August 5	Appointed Commander - in - Chief by the Grand National Assembly.
	August 23	The battle of Sakarya begins with Turkish troops led by Mustafa Kemal.
	September 19	Kemal receives the rank of Marshal and the title Gazi (veteran, victorious warrior).
1922	August 26	Gazi Mustafa Kemal begins to lead Great Offensive from the hill of Kocatepe.
	August 30	Mustafa Kemal at the Battle of Dumlupınar.
	September 10	Enters Izmir.
	November 1	The Grand National Assembly abolish the Sultanate.
1923	January 14	Zübeyde Hanim dies in İzmir.
	29 January	Mustafa Kemal and Latife Uşşakizade marry in İzmir.
	October 29	Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
October 29	Elected first president.
1928	August 9	Speaks at Sarayburnu on the new Turkish alphabet.
1932	July 12	Founds the Turkish Linguistic Society (now the Turkish Language Association).
1934	June 16	The Grand National Assembly passes a law granting him the surname "ATATÜRK".
1938	November 10	Passes away.

See also

• Timeline of the Turkish War of Independence
• Timeline of Turkish history
• World War I timeline