Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey, 1881-1938
"Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, he led the Turkish National Movement in the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Allies. His military campaigns led to victory in the Turkish War of Independence. Atatürk then embarked upon a program of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern and secular nation-state. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning ""Father of the Turks""), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament."
Source: Wikipedia
Turkish army officer in the Ottoman military and first President of Turkey (1881-1938). Portrait signed. No place. 280 x 200 mm. Gelatin silver black-and-white print. Mounted on cardboard.
$ 51,908 / 45.000 €
(105209/BN66667)
A handsome and large-format half-length portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the height of his presidency, signed in the image over his left shoulder. Also signed underneath the image by Izzet Kaya (pseudonym of the Crimean-born photographer Jules Kanzler), and dated 1935. Very rare.