Ali Rıza Efendi
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Ali Rıza Efendi was the father of Atatürk and the husband of Zübeyde. He was born in Thessaloniki and worked as a customs official. He died in 1887 when his son was 6 years old. Although he is thought by some to be of Albanian origin[1], other sources claim that he was of Turkish descent[2][3], or that this can only be a matter for surmise.[4] However, there are no reliable sources other than controversial guesses about his Albanian descent.[citation needed]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Lou Giaffo: Albania: Eye of the Balkan Vortex
- ^ Ataturk.com - Biography of Atatürk
- ^ Çankaya, Falih Rıfkı Atay, Sena Matbaası, 1980, p.17
- ^ Ataturk: the Rebirth of a Nation by Patrick Kinross, Orion Publishing Co. (August 26, 1993), p.5
