Makbule Atadan
Makbule Atadan (1892 – 18 January 1956) was the sister of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. Makbule Atadan was born 1892 in Thessaloniki, then part of the Ottoman Empire, and grown up there, she moved along with her mother Zübeyde Hanım to Istanbul after the Balkan Wars. Following the foundation of the republic in 1923, she moved with her mother to Ankara, summoned by her brother, who became the first president of Turkey.
Makbule Atadan
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- Name
- Makbule Atadan
- Birth Name
- Makbule
- Born
- 1892
- Birthplace
- Salonica, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Died
- 18 January 1956
- Place of death
- Ankara, Turkey
- Nationality
- Turkey · Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- politician · writer
- Languages
- Turkish · Ottoman Turkish
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Later, she lived in the Camlı Köşk (literally Glass Pavilion), a villa built 1936 within the garden of presidential Çankaya Palace especially for her. In 1930, she entered the political scene joining the newly established "Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası" (Free Republican Party) of Fethi Okyar. However, her political life ended soon following the closure of the party by Okyar himself some months later. Makbule married Mecdi Boysan, a member of the parliament. She published her memories with her brother Atatürk in her book "Büyük Kardeşim Atatürk" (Atatürk, My Big Brother) (1952). She died on 18 January 1956 in Ankara around the age of 63, and was buried in the Cebeci Asri cemetery.
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Makbule Atadan appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a politician (1885 – 1956). Makbule Atadan was born in Thessaloniki (1885) and died in Ankara (1956).
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• Name — Makbule Atadan • Birth Name — Makbule • Born — 1892 • Birthplace — Salonica, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Thessaloniki, Greece) • Died — 18 January 1956 • Place of death — Ankara, Turkey • Resting Place — Cebeci Asri Cemetery • Notable Works — "Ağabeyim Mustafa Kemal" (Mustafa Kemal, My Brother) (1952) • Parents — Ali Rıza Efendi (father) Zübeyde Hanım (mother) • Relatives — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (brother) • Illustration — Grave of Makbule Atadan
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- 1.Mürşit Balabanlılar, Şebnem Kandır, Mine Söğüt, Türkiye'nin Yetmiş Yılı: 1923-1993: Gün Gün Cumhuriyet Tarihi, 1. cilt, Hürgüç Gazetecilik, 1994, p. 142.
- 2.Makbule Atadan (1892-1956). Atatürk Ansiklopedisi. 2021-02-18.
- 3.Çankaya Palace
- 4.Gazete Habertürk yazarı Murat Bardakçı yazdı. www.haberturk.com. 2018-04-08.
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