Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – Memorial Museum in Bitola (Monastir)

"I do not order you to attack, I do order you to die!"
This was the order that Mustafa Kemal gave to his soldiers and which had a great influence on the outcome of the Gallipoli Campaign.

Born in Thessaloniki, The Founder and First President of the Republic of Turkey - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Мустафа Кемал Ататурк) studied in Bitola (Monastir) military high school since March 13, 1896 until 1899, in the period when Macedonia was under Turkish rule.
On March 18, 1915, the English and French fleets tried to pass the Dardanelles Strait, and after having heavy losses, it was decided to land troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. On April 25, 1915, the forces that landed at Anburnu (Cape of Bees) were stopped at Conkbayin (Chunuk Bair) by the 19th Division, commanded by Mustafa Kemal.
As a result of this success, Mustafa Kemal was promoted to Colonel.
The English attacked once again at Anburnu on August 6-7, 1915. The Anafarta Group Commander Mustafa Kemal won the Anafartalar victory on August 9-10. Tins victory was followed by the victories at Kireçtepe on August 17, and the 2nd Anafartalar on August 21.

Later in his life Mustafa Kemal – Atatürk (Father of the Turks) founded the independent Republic of Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire and he served as Turkey's first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk implemented many reforms that rapidly secularized and westernized Turkey. Today in his honor in Bitola museum there is a memorial room, which is one of the most visited tourist locations in this city.