Biographical dossier

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is classified in the historical people index as POLITICIAN. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q5152
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q5152
Wikidata ID
Q5152
Occupation class
POLITICIAN
Life span
AD 1881–AD 1938
Birth anchor
Thessaloniki (AD 1881)
Death anchor
Dolmabahçe Palace (AD 1938)
HPI
91.36617035065288

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1881 and AD 1938. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Thessaloniki (AD 1881). Death: Dolmabahçe Palace (AD 1938).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class POLITICIAN. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 14.941976655826945.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?