How tall is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's listed height was 174 cm (5'9").

About Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesman who founded the Republic of Turkey. He was born around 1881 in Thessaloniki, then called Salonica, in the Ottoman Empire. In his youth he joined opposition movements including the Committee of Union and Progress and the Young Turks, and he took part in the Young Turk Revolution.

His early military career included the Italo-Turkish and Balkan Wars, and he rose to prominence through his role in the Defence of Gallipoli during World War I. In the Turkish War of Independence he directed the Turkish National Movement and established the provisional Ankara government. His government abolished the Ottoman sultanate in 1922 and proclaimed the Republic of Turkey in 1923, with Atatürk serving as its first president from 1923 until his death.

Atatürk stood a listed 174 cm (5'9"). He led wide-ranging reforms aimed at building a republican and secular nation-state, and his policies became known as Kemalism. He died on 10 November 1938.

Frequently asked

How tall is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in feet and inches? Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was 5'9" tall, which is 174 cm, 68.5 inches or 1.74 m.

Sources

• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 174 cm.
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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