Fidan
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE EVENTS IN ATATÜRK’S LIFE
* 1881 – Mustafa born in Salonika.
* 1893 – Mustafa enters the Military Preparatory School in Salonika and is given the second “Kemal” by this teacher.
* 1895 – Mustafa Kemal enters the Military High School in Manstir.
* 1899 – Mustafa Kemal enters the infantry class of the Military Academy in Istanbul.
* 1902 – Mustafa Kemal graduates from the Military Academy and goes on to the General Staff College.
* 1905 January 11 – Mustafa Kemal graduates from the General Staff College witg the rank of Staff Captain and is posted to the Fifth Army, centered on Damascus.
* 1906 October – Mustafa Kemal and his friends form in Damascus the secret society “Fatherland and Freedom”.
* 1907 September – Mustafa Kemal transferred to Third Army and goes to Salonika.
* 1911 September 13 – Mustafa Kemal transferred to General Staff in Istanbul.
* 1912 January 9 – Mustafa Kemal leads successfully the Tobruk offensive in Libya.
* 1915 April 25 – Allies land ar Arıburnu and Mustafa Kemal stops their progress with his division.
* 1915 August 9 – Mustafa Kemal appointed Commander, Anafartalar Group.
* 1916 April 1 – Mustafa Kemal promoted Brigadier – General.
* 1916 August 6-7 – Mustafa Kemal wins back from the enemy Bitlis and Mus.
* 1918 October 31 – Mustafa Kemal becomes Commander Lightining Group of Armies.
* 1919 April 30 – Mustafa Kemal appointed with wide powers inspector of 9. Army centred on Erzurum.
* 1919 May 6 – Mustafa Kemal leaves Istanbul.
* 1919 May 19 – Mustafa Kemal lands in Samsun.
* 1919 July 8 – Mustafa Kemal resings from the post of Inspector of 3. Army and from the army.
* 1919 July 23 – Mustafa Kemal elected Chairman of Erzurum Congress.
* 1920 April 23 – Mustafa Kemal opens the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) in Ankara.
* 1920 May 11 – Mustafa Kemal is condemned to death by the government in Istanbul.
* 1921 August 5 – Mustafa Kemal appointed Commander – in – Chief by the Grand National Assembly.
* 1921 August 23 – The battle of Sakarya begins with Turkish troops led by Mustafa Kemal.
* 1921 September 19 – The Grand National Assembly gives Mustafa Kemal the rank of Marshal and the title Gazi (Victor).
* 1922 August 26 – Gazi Mustafa Kemal begins to lead Great Offensive from the hill of Kocatepe.
* 1922 August 30 – Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa wins the pitched battle of the Commander in Chief at Dumlupınar.
* 1922 September 10 – Gazi Mustafa Kemal enters Izmir.
* 1922 November 1 – The Grand National Assembly accepts Gazi Mustafa Kemal’s proposal to abolish the Sultanate.
* 1923 January 14 – Mustafa Kemal’s mother Zubeyde Hanim dies in Izmir.
* 1923 October 29 – Proclamation of the Turkish Republic and Gazi Mustafa Kemal is elected first president.
* 1928 August 9 – Gazi Mustafa Kemal speaks at Sarayburnu on the new Turkish Alphabet.
* 1932 July 12 – Gazi Mustafa Kemal founds the Turkish Linguistic Society.
* 1934 June 16 – The Grand National Assembly passes a law granting Gazi Mustafa Kemal the surname “ATATÜRK”.
* 1938 November 10 – Atatürk dies.