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Atatürk: Father of the Turks

"Atatürk: Türklerin Babası"

In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.

Top Cast

  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    Self (archive footage)

  • Michael Adams

    Michael Adams

    self-narrator

  • Süreyya Agaoglu

    Süreyya Agaoglu

    self

  • Osman Okyar

    Osman Okyar

    self

  • A.J. Toynbee

    A.J. Toynbee

    self

  • Bernard Archard

    Bernard Archard

    Atatürk(voice)

  • Alethea Charlton

    Alethea Charlton

  • Richard Hurndall

    Richard Hurndall

  • Gary Watson

    Gary Watson

Overview

In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.

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