Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( pronounced [musˈtäfä ceˈmäl ätäˈtyɾc] ; 19 May 1881 ( Conventional ) –10 November 1938) was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman , writer, and the first President of Turkey . He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey . His surname, Atatürk (meaning “Father of the Turks”), was granted to him (and forbidden to any other person) in 1934 by the Turkish parliament. Ataturk, historic documentary, encyclopedia marijuana,