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Makbule Atadan (1885 – 18 January 1956Mürşit Balabanlılar, Şebnem Kandır, Mine Söğüt, ''Türkiye'nin Yetmiş Yılı: 1923-1993: Gün Gün Cumhuriyet Tarihi'', 1. cilt, Hürgüç Gazetecilik, 1994
p. 142.
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Vatan Newspaper Photo Gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atadan, Makbule 1885 births 1956 deaths People from Thessaloniki People from Salonica vilayet Macedonian Turks Liberal Republican Party (Turkey) politicians 20th-century Turkish politicians Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Burials at Cebeci Asri Cemetery
Makbule Atadan (1885 – 18 January 1956Mürşit Balabanlılar, Şebnem Kandır, Mine Söğüt, ''Türkiye'nin Yetmiş Yılı: 1923-1993: Gün Gün Cumhuriyet Tarihi'', 1. cilt, Hürgüç Gazetecilik, 1994p. 142.
/ref>) was the sister of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only one surviving sister of Atatürk, while the other four siblings died at early ages. Born 1885 in
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
, then in the Ottoman Empire
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, and grown up there, she moved along with her mother Zübeyde Hanım
Zübeyde Hanım (1856 – 15 January 1923) was the mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only daughter of the Hacısofular family which included her two brothers. Zübeyde was born in Langaza vil ...
to Istanbul
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after the Balkan Wars.
Following the foundation of the republic in 1923, she moved with her mother to Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
, summoned by her brother, who became the first president of Turkey. 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
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...
.
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 at the age of 71, and was laid to rest in the Cebeci Asri cemetery.
References
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Vatan Newspaper Photo Gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atadan, Makbule 1885 births 1956 deaths People from Thessaloniki People from Salonica vilayet Macedonian Turks Liberal Republican Party (Turkey) politicians 20th-century Turkish politicians Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Burials at Cebeci Asri Cemetery