Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic (II)
7Saturday 12 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the original passport of MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK, the founder and first president of The Republic of Turkey
Hope you enjoy this entry.
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The first entry for this week can be found here: WPC ‘Relic’ (I)
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http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/relic/
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Good grief! How old is the passport? Would never have thought of that as a relic but it sure is after seeing this post. Super find!
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Maybe not a true relic, but he was born in 1881 and died in 1938. It is in the museum beneath his mausoleum in Ankara.
https://unclespikes.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/ataturks-mausoleum/
https://unclespikes.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/ataturks-mausoleum-part-two/
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I visited Ataturk’s house in Thessaloniki (Greece) a few years ago, it is interesting that many leaders associated with one country came from another…. Stalin (Russia/Georgia), Hitler (Germany/Austria), Napoleon (France/Corsica) and Ataturk (Turkey/Greece). Maybe they felt a greater need to prove themselves for being outsiders. Ataturk’s legacy is remarkable.
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Indeed. But of course back when he was born, it was all part of the Ottoman Empire, with the First Balkan War redefining the border. History has a habit of remapping the political world.
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Interesting photograph. I have just returned from an enjoyable 8-day stay in Istanbul. Have posted three blogs from there at petersadventures.wordpress.com
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That’s unique!
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Certainly is, and he certainly was 🙂
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