The early life story of Veteran Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Republic of Turkey and its first President, supreme commander of Turkish War of Independence, and revolutionary statesman.
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Mustafa Kemal, in command of the 19th Division, and Enver, the Minister of War, disagree over the command of the army. The 19th Division, which was not authorised to move without orders, is deployed at Anafartalar in Suvla on the initiative of Lieutenant-Colonel Mustafa Kemal.
After seeing Ottoman decline in Damascus, Mustafa Kemal returns to Thessaloniki but is sidelined for his opinions. Reserve Battalions sent by Enver Bey to Istanbul stage a revolt.
General Mustafa Kemal openly declares that he will not obey the order to refrain from resisting the British forces. He has come to terms with the reality that the Ottoman Empire is indeed the "Sick Man" of Europe, as they say. He returns to Istanbul. To the public, he appears as a loyal and withdrawn general, quietly loyal to Sultan Vahidettin.
After his business was disrupted by bandit attacks, Ali Riza Bey falls ill and passes away. Zübeyde, having already experienced the loss of a child, doesn't want her son to leave her side but Mustafa aspires to become a soldier. Young Staff Captain Mustafa Kemal is arrested and interrogated by secret agents of the capital due to his idealistic actions.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
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