Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

He was born either in the Ahmed Subaşı neighbourhood or on Islahhane Street (present day: Apostolu Pavlu Street) in Koca Kasım Pasha neighbourhood (this house is preserved as a museum) in Salonika,[2] to Zübeyde Hanım and Ali Rıza Efendi, a militia officer, title deed clerk and lumber trader. Only one of Atatürk's siblings, a sister named Makbule (Atadan) survived childhood; she died in 1956.[3] According to Andrew Mango, he was born into a family which was Muslim, Turkish-speaking and precariously middle-class.[4] Time magazine states that Mustafa Kemal's father was Albanian and his mother was Macedonian,[5] and Patrick Kinross wrote "as fair as any Slav from beyond the Bulgarian frontier" with "fine white" skin and "eyes of a deep but clear light blue".[6] According to Encyclopaedia Judaica, one assertion that was commonly made by many Jews of Salonika was that Kemal Atatürk was of Doenmeh origin. This view was eagerly embraced by many of Atatürk’s religious opponents and denied by the Turkish government[7] His father Ali Rıza is thought to be of Albanian[8][9][10][11][12] and according to Falih Rıfkı Atay, Ali Rıza's roots have come from Söke in Aydın Province.[13][14] His mother Zübeyde is thought to be of Turkish[10][11] and according to Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, her roots have come from Turkoman (Türkmen) and in his family, there was rumour that they have come of Yörük.[1

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