Atatürk: Father of the Turks (1970)

8.0/10 44 min Documentary

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.

Cast

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Self (archive footage)

Michael Adams

self-narrator

Bernard Archard

Atatürk(voice)

Richard Hurndall

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