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[โ€“] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He wasn't called Ataturk until the Turkish parliament granted him that surname as an honorific. Translates to "father of the Turks".

It's kinda like hearing Washington being referred to as "father of the country" and going "lol, man named father of the country started a country. Lol writing bad!"

Edit: looks like PugJesus already acknowledged this, but I'll still let my comment stand.

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