There are a couple errors with the question. The Turkish Republic (not empire) westernized after the Ottoman Empire collapsed in World War I (not II).
The individual, though, that you are looking for is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk .
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk .
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk .
Yes, Turkish people were in the Ottoman empire.
The Ottoman Empire.The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was founded by Turkish tribes.
The founders, the rulers and the army were Turkish, but as an empire it was multinational.
It was the whole of the Western culture that allowed Europe to develop economically, Ataturk felt, and he wanted his country to develop, so the country had to Westernize.
Ottoman Empire was a Turkish Empire and in Turkish is known as Osmanlı İmparatorluğu. This name came from the name of founder, Osman Bey.
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The Russian Romanov dynasty, the German Hohenzollern, the Austro-Hungarian Hapsburg, and the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. The only Empire to emerge still in control was the British.
The 2 empires that continued to spread the Arab empire after it collapsed were:The Ottoman and Mogul empires.