Turkey turns 100: A future global power? - BBC News

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The Republic of Turkey turns 100 on the 29 October.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, known as the 'Father ofTurkey', had envisaged a modern, secular nation-statewhen he founded it from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.

With a history of military coups disrupting itsdemocracy, the country is now ruled by PresidentErdogan, a leader with ambitions to revive the Ottomaninfluence on the global stage.

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