Makbule Atadan

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Makbule Atadan born?1885
2. Where was Makbule Atadan born?Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire
3. When did Makbule Atadan die?January 18, 1956
4. What is the burial location?Cebeci Asri Cemetery, Ankara, Turkey
5. What is the career?Brief political involvement with the Free Republican Party (1930); author
6. Who was Makbule Atadan?Makbule Atadan was the only surviving sister of Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. She lived from 1885 to 1956 and was close to her brother throughout his life.

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