From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation (2019)

7.0/10 91 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as Atatürk, the Father of the Turks, founder of the modern state, and the current president Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, who apparently wants Turkey to regain the political and military pre-eminence it had as an empire under the Ottoman dynasty.

Cast

Stefan Godin

Self - Narrator (voice)

Can Dündar

Self - Journalist

Ahmet İnsel

Self - Writer

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

V. Mehmed

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Self (archive footage)

Latife Uşşakî

Self - Atatürk's Wife (archive footage)

Keriman Halis Ece

Self - Miss Universe 1932 (archive footage)

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