Atatürk - Father of the Turks

Sep 5, 1970

0h 44m

★ 8.0

Atatürk: Türklerin Babası

Overview

In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC TV

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Cast

self-narrator

Michael Adams

self

Süreyya Agaoglu

self

Osman Okyar

self

A.J. Toynbee

Atatürk(voice)

Bernard Archard

Alethea Charlton

Richard Hurndall

Gary Watson

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