Özet:

Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) was a person known and recognized by the public when he travelled to Samsun on 19 May 1919. The first stage of his public recognition is the mention of his photographs and his name in the domestic and foreign press during the Trablusgarp War. What’s valuable for us is to reveal when and where these photos and news were first published, everyone knows today. In this article, we will first introduce the first known photo of Mustafa Kemal with the findings we have recently found during the Trablusgarp War and the first news of him to the world of science. After all, on November 13, 1918, during his arrival in Istanbul, the press will show how his name passed in the public in the framework of the examples we can find about Mustafa Kemal Pasha. Before the departure to Samsun, it will be revealed that Mustafa Kemal Pasha was a well-known person in the public through his greeting talks with Vahdettin and his interviews with the newspapers.