I. NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL:  Mustafa Kemal completes six years of age and enters seven between January 1 and March 12, 1887. Little Mustafa will start primary school in June 1887. However, there will be a discussion between Mother Zübeyde Hanım and Ali Rıza Efendi about starting primary school. Zübeyde Hanım, who has a more "conservative" personality than Baba, wants Mustafa to be sent to the Neighborhood School, which provides classical education with prayers and chants, which was the custom at that time. Having a more "innovative" personality than the mother, and always telling her son during school life, " reading and learning is a must in order to become a man. There is no other choiceAli Rıza Efendi, who is closely interested in his lessons, wants Mustafa to go to the Şemsi Efendi School, which was opened at that time and provides education with new methods. Mustafa Kemal describes this issue, which he refers to as the " first event " he can remember from his youth, in 1922 as follows:The first thing I remember about my childhood belongs to the issue of going to school. Because of this, there was a fierce struggle between my mother and father. My mother wanted me to start school with hymns and go to the local school. My father, who was a civil servant at the time, was in favor of continuing the school of Şemsi Efendi, which was newly opened at that time, and studying on the new method. Finally, my father took care of the job in a skilful way: First of all, I started the neighborhood school with ceresim-i mu'tade (customary ceremony). In this way, my mother's heart was made. A few days later, I left the Neighborhood School. I was enrolled in Şemsi Efendi's School. ” This Neighborhood School, where Mustafa Kemal started his primary education, was the Fatma Molla Women's School located in Koca Kasım Paşa Neighborhood. In Makbule Atadan's memoirs, “his elder brother's mention that he stayed at the Neighborhood School for a month and a half and was dissatisfied, and that he was taken from there on his father's initiative, explains the reason why little Mustafa was taken from this school and given to the Şemsi Efendi School.

II. ŞEMSI EFENDI SCHOOL: Şemsi Efendi School is one of the important institutions that should be emphasized in order to understand the factors in the formation of Mustafa Kemal's personality and thoughts. For this reason, it is necessary to dwell in detail on the life and educator personality of the esteemed educator Şemsi Efendi, who was the first teacher who had a positive impact on him. Şemsi Efendi (1852-1917), who was the first teacher of Mustafa Kemal, is among the first founders of primary schools where "usul-i cedide", that is, "new teaching methods", emerged in education during the Tanzimat period. The implementation of the Usul-i ceded, like all other innovations, was first initiated in Thessaloniki at the same time as the capital Istanbul. In the classroom of the school opened by Şemsi Efendi in Thessaloniki in 1872, the teacher's desk, desk, blackboard, chalk,There were plates prepared to apply the " uslus-i savtiye ". There are letters and syllables on these plates, they are a, e, i, ba, be, bi, this etc. to their teachers. was reading. Also, he takes a vacation every hour. In the courtyard… he used to engage (students) with games under his supervision, had them do gymnastics, and at the same time, he would change the bad air by opening the doors and windows of the lecture room (class). “Şemsi Efendi also took care that the students did not fight or say bad words to each other during the game. Şemsi Efendi also has interesting practices regarding discipline: He pays great attention to the disciplined upbringing of his students and encourages them to " military salute " on the side of the pavement when he meets his teachers.” he would. Another new practice of his in his teaching life is that he appoints an old and hardworking student, a tutor, for every child newly enrolled in the school.” The person who was a guide took care of the education of the student he brought to school. On the other hand, it is known that Şemsi Efendi took his students on city tours in order. He was preparing his students for life more knowledgeable and consciously by taking them out of the education school building with such observation and study trips. The schools opened and worked by Şemsi Efendi were in a more advanced and superior position than the neighborhood schools and primary schools in terms of course materials and materials, pedagogy and teaching methods. As a matter of fact, Şemsi Efendi's students could read newspapers, write and calculate better, and understand geographical maps better than the senior secondary school students. That's why he and the schools he opened have earned a well-deserved reputation around him. Semsi Effendi, When little Mustafa was enrolled in his school (1887), he was a teacher with 14 years of experience, his reputation spread all over Thessaloniki. His school was the most popular school in the city. It was quite natural for Ali Rıza Efendi, who was an enlightened person, to send his son Mustafa to Şemsi Efendi's school. This school of Şemsi Efendi merged with the Fevziye School in 1890 when little Mustafa was in the third grade and was organized into an eight-year high school, four of which were "primary" and four were "middle". Mustafa regularly followed the classes of this school, where Şemsi Efendi also continued to teach. At the time of his father Ali Rıza Efendi's death (November 28, 1893), he had completed the sixth grade, that is, both classes of the middle part of the school. It was quite natural for Ali Rıza Efendi, who was an enlightened person, to send his son Mustafa to Şemsi Efendi's school. This school of Şemsi Efendi merged with the Fevziye School in 1890 when little Mustafa was in the third grade and was organized into an eight-year high school, four of which were "primary" and four were "middle". Mustafa regularly followed the classes of this school, where Şemsi Efendi also continued to teach. At the time of his father Ali Rıza Efendi's death (November 28, 1893), he had completed the sixth grade, that is, both classes of the middle part of the school. It was quite natural for Ali Rıza Efendi, who was an enlightened person, to send his son Mustafa to Şemsi Efendi's school. This school of Şemsi Efendi merged with the Fevziye School in 1890 when little Mustafa was in the third grade and was organized into an eight-year high school, four of which were "primary" and four were "middle". Mustafa regularly followed the classes of this school, where Şemsi Efendi also continued to teach. At the time of his father Ali Rıza Efendi's death (November 28, 1893), he had completed the sixth grade, that is, both classes of the middle part of the school. He regularly followed the classes of this school, where Şemsi Efendi also continued to teach. At the time of his father Ali Rıza Efendi's death (November 28, 1893), he had completed the sixth grade, that is, both classes of the middle part of the school. He regularly followed the classes of this school, where Şemsi Efendi also continued to teach. At the time of his father Ali Rıza Efendi's death (November 28, 1893), he had completed the sixth grade, that is, both classes of the middle part of the school.

III. MUSTAFA'S FARM LIFE:  Upon the death of his father Ali Rıza Efendi (1893), Zübeyde Hanım took her children and went to her brother's farm in Langaza, which interrupted Mustafa's education for a while. They thought of sending him to the Greek Church school in the vicinity, he did not want to; This talented and creative boy, who seemed to be almost overwhelmed by the uneasiness caused by the lack of opportunities to learn and grow, finally felt obliged to send this talented and creative child to his aunt in Thessaloniki to continue school.

IV. MÜLKİYE Rüştiyesi:  Thus, Mustafa, who came to Thessaloniki after four and a half or five months of farm life, started Mulkiye Rüştiyesi (Secondary School). The Mathematics teacher Hüseyin Efendi , who also served as the Assistant Principal here and known as  " Kingmak Hafız " , beat Mustafa for causing a class indiscipline and not bowing down to injustice, and this caused Mustafa's grandmother, Ayşe Hanım, to be taken out of school.

V. THESSALONIKI MILITARY RUSSIA:  Mustafa, who had a great interest in military service since his childhood, wanted to be a soldier. According to what he told in his memories, one of his neighbors, Kadri Bey's son Ahmet, who went to the Askerî Rüştiye (Middle School) in uniform, and the uniformed officers he saw on the streets, stimulated his enthusiasm for military service. Finally, he passed the exams of Thessaloniki Military High School without informing his mother, who did not want him to be a soldier. Faik Reşit Unat says that “ Due to Mustafa's success in the exam, he was admitted to the third grade of a four-year school, and this date should have been July-August 1894 ”. The fact that the notebook showing his high school fourth grade grades is dated 1895 also confirms FR Unat. In the Military Academy Archive, According to Number Book No. 13 , Atatürk's courses, grades and course success in the fourth year of Thessaloniki Military High School are as follows: There are a total of eleven courses in this class, nine of which are 45 and two of them are 20. The total number of the courses is 445. In the Number Book “ Ahmet Subaşı Mahallesi“Mustafa Kemal Efendi”, who was registered with ”, received a total of 443 numbers, with ten complete numbers and one missing two numbers from the eleven lessons, and placed fourth. The courses he took and the grades he took are as follows: Logic (45), Account (45), Usul-i Defterî (45), Hendese (45), Geography (45), History-i Islam (43), Kavaid-i Osmaniye (45) ), French (45), İmlâ-yı Türkî (45), Hatt-ı Fransevî (20), Painting (20). In the success ranking of the same class, Ahmet Tevfik and Tarakçı were the first with 444 total points; Süleyman Adil, Şehabeddin, second with 444 total points; Mehmet Şenizi and Ahmet Subaşı are third with a total of 444 points. Other students in the top ten and their total grades are as follows: 4. Mustafa Kemal, Ahmet Subaşı (443), 5. Osman Nuri, Sinancık (443), 6. Mehmet Tevfik, Abdullah Kadı (438), 7. İsmail Hakkı, İki Şerefe ( 431), 8. Rafet Efendi, Hamidiye (426), 9. Mehmet Mukbil, Two Bowls (404), 10. Ali Efendi, Ahmet Subaşı (402). In this case, at the age of fifteen, at the end of 1895 or January of 1896, Mustafa Kemal finished the last year of the Military Secondary School as the fourth.

VI. MANASTIR MILITARY ADMINISTRATION:  Mustafa Kemal, who spent his holiday in Thessaloniki until the middle of March 1896, was sent to Manastır by train from Thessaloniki at the end of the holiday. Although the information about Mustafa Kemal's arrival in Manastır is limited to this, it is highly probable that the day Idadiye started was 13 March. Because Rumi is March 1; Gregorian 13 is the date when the “Fiscal Year” begins, and as in Harbiye, Military schools start their education in this period. Training ends at the end of December. For young M. Kemal, who adapted in a short time to the life and teaching conditions of a boarding school in Idadi, the " life outside the family home " that would last until the end of his life.” has begun. This situation, which also arises from the grueling and difficult characteristics of the military profession, will be somewhat appropriate for his " independent living " character. “ Epaulette Number ”  7348 in the Monastery Military High School We do not have an official document about Mustafa Kemal's first year student life. However, we have Number Notebooks of the 1897-1898 academic year when he was in the second grade and the 1898-1899 academic year when he was in the third grade. According to these notebooks, Mustafa Kemal's second and third year İdadi courses and his success are as follows: Mustafa Kemal got a total of 283 grades among his 52 friends in the second year and went to the third class. In fact, his total grades are the same as Recep Fahri, Kayalar, who is second in the ranking. Number Book of this year According to , "the exact number of each lesson" is 285, and the sum of "the bases of each lesson" is 138. The courses Mustafa Kemal studied in his second year and the grades he took are as follows: Müsellesat (45), Hendese (45), History-i Umumi (45), Kitâbet (44), French (44), Painting (20), Scan (20) ), Gymnastics (20). Mustafa Kemal came in third at the end of this class with a total of 283 marks. There are a total of 8 courses taught in this class and the full number of 5 courses is 45, and the full number of the other three courses is 20. According to this situation, Mustafa Kemal got the full number of 6 lessons. In the success ranking of the same class, Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki is the first with 284 points; Recep Fahri and Kayalar are second with 283 total marks. Other students in the top ten and their total grades are as follows: 3. M. Kemal, Thessaloniki (283), 4. Abdulkadir, Yanya (280), 5. Hasan Avni, Köprülü (279), 6. Ali Şevket, Skopje (279), 7. Abdulbaki, Skopje (275), 8. İsmail Hakkı, Köprülü (273), 9. Bekir Hifzi, Ohrid (271), 10. Abdurrahman, Thessaloniki (266). Mustafa Kemal's third grade courses and grades are as follows: Machinery (45), Cosmography (45), History-i Umumi (45), History-i Osmani (45), Scripture (45), Logic (45), Akaid (45), French (45), Painting (20), Scan (20), Gymnastics (20). Mustafa Kemal got a total of 420 full marks in the third grade, which has 54 students, and finished the Manastır High School second after Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki, whose grade total is the same as him. According to this year's Number Book, the total number of “the full number of each lesson” is 420, and the total of “the bases of each lesson” is 198. There are a total of 11 courses taught in this class, eight of which have a full number of 45 and three have a full number of 20. According to this situation, Mustafa Kemal has received full numbers from all courses. The total grades and order of success of the other students in the top ten are as follows: 3. Recep Fahri, Kayalar (419), 4. Ali Şevket, Skopje (419), 4. Ömer Abdülkadir, Yanya (417), 6. Hasan Avni, Köprülü ( 417), 7. İsmail Hakkı, Köprülü (413), 8. Abdülbaki, Skopje (410), 9. Abdurrahman, Thessaloniki (394), 10. Ömer Naci, Der-Aliye (394). Mustafa Kemal, in his later memoirs, explained the following about the course situation in the Manastır High School:When I was in high school, I was working in a stubborn way. There was a fierce effort from all of us to be first and second in the class . I finally finished Idadi ”

VII. WAR SCHOOL:  Mustafa Kemal, who spent his holiday in Thessaloniki until the middle of March 1899, takes a ferry from Thessaloniki to continue his higher education at the Harbiye Mektebi in Istanbul Pangaltı and departs for Istanbul. Thus, he leaves Macedonia for the first time, where he spent all his childhood and youth years. He entered the Military Academy, where he will start a new life with his experience and his personality and thoughts will become more mature (duhulü) on March 1, 1315/March 13, 1899, Epaulette Number 1283. “ Mustafa Kemal from the Cadet Corps ” to “ 1315 Identity Notebook for Duhul Students ” here, to “ Tall, white-faced Mustafa Kemal Efendi Thessaloniki 96” As a result, it will be recorded between 1282 Thessaloniki Ahmet Tevfik Efendi (96) and 1284 Manastırlı Recep Fahri Efendi (95). Mustafa Kemal was in the first part of the first class, which was divided into six sections at the Military Academy, whose class size was over 900 according to some memories and 739 according to some sources that year. The courses taught in Harbiye in the 1899-1900 academic year when Mustafa Kemal was in the first grade were: i Military, Language (French, German, Russian), Map Reverse (Drawing), Training Surgery (Application), Topography Surgery” Mehmet Esat's “ Mirat-ı Mekteb-i Harbiye ”According to the list of courses taught for the years 1900 and 1901, in the first grade; “Akaid-i Diniyye, Topography Theory, Hendese-i Official, Wisdom, Chemistry, Education Theory, Knowledge and Education-i Military, Map Reverse, Hendese-i Official Description, Topography Surgery, Training Surgery, German or Russian Language “Books” were taught. According to this, when Mustafa Kemal was a first-class student, in the 1899-1900 academic year, there were a total of 739 students, 635 from Infantry, 88 from Cavalry and 16 from Veteran. It is understood that a total of 36 students, including 25 Infantry, 8 Cavalry, and 3 Veterinarians, who did not have grades in the transcripts of this year, were probably expelled from the school for various reasons, and that in fact, a total of 703 students attended the second grade. Mustafa Kemal went to the second year with a total of 484 grades among his 610 friends who were continuing education and training from the Infantry class in the first year. According to this year's transcripts, "the total number of each lesson is 530" and "the total number of each lesson is 234". Mustafa Kemal's second grade courses and grades are as follows: “Akaid-i Diniye (42), Topography Theory (33), Hendese-i Official (29), Wisdom-i Tabiye (44), Chemistry (42), Inscription (45), Theory of Education (37), Malumat-ı ve Terbiye-i Askeriye (45), Lisan-ı Fransevi (44), Map Reverse (19), Hendese-i Official Eskali (20), Topography Surgery (20) ), Training Surgery (20), German or US Language (44). There are a total of 14 courses taught in this class, and the full number of 4 courses is 20, and the full number of the other 10 courses is 45. According to this situation, Mustafa Kemal, He got a full number from 5 courses. Top of the class, Ali Şevket Efendi from Skopje; He is Müştak Efendi from Van. The total grades of Ali Şevket and Müştak are 509. In his memoirs that he told in 1922, Mustafa Kemal only says the following about his first year in Istanbul:In first grade, I was caught in the dreams of youth. I neglected the lessons. I didn't realize how the year was going, but when the classes stopped, I hugged the books.” 29th among a total of 703 students in the first year; The fact that he was 9th among the 610 Infantry class students in the transcript shows that he is a superior student. When Mustafa Kemal was a second-year student, in the 1900-1901 academic year, there were a total of 515 students, 445 from Infantry, 56 from Cavalry and 14 from Veteran. In his second year, Mustafa Kemal got a total of 522 grades among his 445 friends in the infantry class and moved on to the third year, ranking 11th. According to this year's number book, "the total number of each lesson is 575" and "the total number of each lesson is 256.5". The courses and grades Mustafa Kemal studied in his second year are as follows: “Akaid-i Diniye (45), Hizmet-i Seferiye (38), Internal Affairs Kanunname-i Hümayunu (45), Science of Architecture (41), Theory of Science (45), Language of Fransevi (42), Theory of Education (43), Malumat-ı ve Terbiye-yi Military (31), Science of Ethics (43), Sword Training (12), İstikşâfât -ı Military (14), Map Reverse (18), Training Surgery (20), Criminal Law Code (44), German or Russian Language (41). There are a total of 15 courses taught in this class, and the full number of 4 courses is 20, and the full number of the other 11 courses is 45. According to this situation, Mustafa Kemal got full numbers from 4 lessons. Top of the class, Ahmet Tevfik from Thessaloniki, who finished first in Manastır; The second is Faik from Isparta, who finished Bursa in first place. Ahmet Tevfik's total grade is 552, Faik's total grade is 551. Mustafa Kemal, in the third grade, among his 459 friends in the 1901-1902 academic year, and the 17th. He graduated from the Military Academy in the 8th place on the basis of his five-year base trial and the sum of his three-year grades. According to the number book, in terms of "the exact number of each course", "the total number of numbers earned by the students in three years is 1635". Mustafa Kemal's three-year grade total is 1498. “After three years, my public number is 8”. This order also shows the “registration order”. Diploma number is 5998. Mustafa Kemal's third grade courses and grades are as follows: “Class of Salise Tabiyesi (41), İstihkâmât-ı Ağıre (40), Fenn-i Esliha (45), Hıfzı's- Sıhha-yı Askerî (45), Geography of Military (42), State-i Aliye Army Organization (43), Theory of Education (44), Malumat ve Terbiye-i Askerî (41), Lisan-ı Fransevi (43), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (17), Fortification Description (18), Training Operation (19), Nature Practice (18), German or Russian Language (36). There are a total of 14 courses taught in this class, and the full number of 4 courses is 20, and the full number of the other 10 courses is 45. According to this situation, Mustafa Kemal got a full number from 2 lessons. The top of the class is again Ahmet Tevfik from Thessaloniki; The second is Faik from Isparta. Ahmet Tevfik's total grade for three years is 1571, Faik's total grade is 1570. The order and three-year total grades of the other students in the top 10 are as follows: “3. Mehmet Müştak, Van (1555); 4. Hayri, Davutpaşa (1519), 5. Ali Şevket, Skopje (1519), 6. Mehmed Cemil, Süleymaniye (1508), 7. Selim, Circassian (1505), 8. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (1498), 9. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (1494), 10. Halil, Trabzon (1490). He got a full number in 2 courses. The top of the class is again Ahmet Tevfik from Thessaloniki; The second is Faik from Isparta. Ahmet Tevfik's total grade for three years is 1571, Faik's total grade is 1570. The order and three-year total grades of the other students in the top 10 are as follows: “3. Mehmet Müştak, Van (1555); 4. Hayri, Davutpaşa (1519), 5. Ali Şevket, Skopje (1519), 6. Mehmed Cemil, Süleymaniye (1508), 7. Selim, Circassian (1505), 8. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (1498), 9. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (1494), 10. Halil, Trabzon (1490). He got a full number in 2 courses. The top of the class is again Ahmet Tevfik from Thessaloniki; The second is Faik from Isparta. Ahmet Tevfik's total grade for three years is 1571, Faik's total grade is 1570. The order and three-year total grades of the other students in the top 10 are as follows: “3. Mehmet Müştak, Van (1555); 4. Hayri, Davutpaşa (1519), 5. Ali Şevket, Skopje (1519), 6. Mehmed Cemil, Süleymaniye (1508), 7. Selim, Circassian (1505), 8. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (1498), 9. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (1494), 10. Halil, Trabzon (1490).

VIII. WAR ACADEMY:  28 Kanunusani 1317, that is, Monday, February 10, 1902, the date of Mustafa Kemal's “joy” from the Military Academy, is the date he entered the Military Academy. At the beginning of the page where Ahmet Tevfik, Mustafa Kemal, Recep Fahri and Ali Şevket are featured, in the " 1315 Duhulluler Identity Notebook " in the Archives of the Turkish Military Academy, " duhül " and The dates of “ net ” are written. Also, on the " flower tag " of Mustafa Kemal, " For the First Year Name of the 3rd Army Erkan-ı Harbiye " was written. The same phrases are also found on the tags of Ahmet Tevfik and Ali Şevket. In 1848, in the Military Academy “The Military Academy, which was established under the name of “Erkan-ı Harbiye Classes ”, was made some new arrangements after Esat Pasha was appointed as the Head of the Military Academy (1899), that is, when Mustafa Kemal started his education at the Military Academy. Until then, the students who passed from the Military Academy to the " arkan-ı war classes " were called " erkan-ı harp " (staff). Esat Pasha changed this and turned it into " erkan-ı harp namzedi " (staff candidate). After that, the students of the Military Academy were briefly called “ namzet” .” (candidate) began to be referred to as. The number of students of the Military Academy, which did not exceed 15 until then, was increased to forty thanks to the efforts of Esat Pasha. However, these students were not given the right of staff to the surplus part of the army, and they were sent to the troops under the name of " mumtaz " and with the rank of captain. According to the principles of this regulation, it is seen that graduation started in 1902. As of this year, the title of “ Staff ” was given to those who achieved a “ Very Good ” degree from the Erkan-ı Harbiye Classes , and the title of “ Mumtaz ” to those who graduated in the “ Good ” degree. This method continued until 1909. Among the distinguished " staffThere are also many whose " staffs " were later approved in order to meet the needs of the people. During this period, Erkan-ı Harp Class students graduated as " Staff Captain " and were promoted to " Senior Captain " two years later. In the first year Mustafa Kemal started the Academy, the class size is 42, including those who came from artillery and cavalry schools and those who remained from the upper class due to various reasons. The number in question was formed with the participation of staff candidate students who graduated from the Military Academy and Artillery School (Engineering-i Berri-i Hümayun) and three officers (Ahmet Efendi Saraçhane, Sedat Efendi Üsküdar, Mustafa İzzet Efendi Kale-i Sultaniye) who lost their time due to illness. Mustafa Kemal describes his first year in his memoirs published in 1922:We moved to Erkan-ı Harp classes. I was studying very well in the usual classes. Beyond these, new ideas emerged in me and some of my friends. We started to discover that there was evil in the administration and politics of the country…” Hand-written (non-printed) Number Book No. 26  in the Military Academy Archives According to 'Atatürk's first and second year courses, his grades and course success are as follows: Mustafa Kemal got a total of 479 grades from a total of 580 course grades in the first year of the Academy, with a class size of forty-two people, and his success order was 8'. is The courses he took and the grades he took are as follows: Geography-yi Sevkü'l-Ceyş (32), Talimgâh-ılight practice (41), Science of Esliha theory (38), History-i Fenn-i Harp (35), French (36), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (43), Theory of Education (45), Kitabet-i Military (39), Theory of Nature (33), Muharebat-ı Meşhure Discussion (32), German or Russian (33), Detailed Topography (34), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (18), Training Surgery (20). In the success ranking of the same class, Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki is the first with a total score of 522; İhsan, Cihangir (Sabis) came in second with a total of 517 points; Solomon, İzmir is third with 508 points. Other students in the top ten and their total grades are as follows: 4. Hayri, Davutpaşa (493), 5. Mustafa Aziz, Kale-i Sultaniye (492), 6. Kemal, Ohrid (489), 7. Selim, Circassian (486) , 8. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (479), 9. Ali, Rumelikavağı (488), 10. Ahmed, Saraçhane (470). The year Mustafa Kemal started teaching in the second year of the Academy, the class size decreased to 40. This number was formed by the participation of two officers who lost their time due to illness in the second grade (Asım Efendi Kütahya, Ahmet Efendi Bursa) and the departure of four officers (Faruk Efendi Isparta, Müştak Efendi Van, İbrahim Efendi Tunisia, Osman Efendi Sultanahmet) who were dismissed for various reasons. It is seen that Mustafa Kemal got a total of 480 points in the class of forty students in the second grade and he is in the 6th place. The courses and grades are as follows: Artillery and Artillery Bastion (45), Muharebat-ı Meşhure Discussion (38), Geography-yı Sevkü'l-Ceyş (45), Istikhkamat-ı Cesime (35), Tabiye Exercise (36), Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz(39), French (38), Theory of Education (43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (16), Training Operation (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Muharebat-ı Meşhure Discussion (38), Geography-yi Sevkü'l-Ceyş (45), İstihkamat-ı Cesime (35), Tabiye Exercise (36), Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz (39) , French (38), Theory of Education (43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (16), Training Operation (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Muharebat-ı Meşhure Discussion (38), Geography-yi Sevkü'l-Ceyş (45), İstihkamat-ı Cesime (35), Tabiye Exercise (36), Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz (39) , French (38), Theory of Education (43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (16), Training Operation (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Geography-yi Sevkü'l-Ceyş (45), İstihkamat-ı Cesime (35), Nature Practice (36), Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz (39), French (38), Theory of Education ( 43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (16), Training Surgery (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Geography-yi Sevkü'l-Ceyş (45), İstihkamat-ı Cesime (35), Nature Practice (36), Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz (39), French (38), Theory of Education ( 43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Askeriye (16), Training Surgery (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz (39), French (38), Theory of Education (43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Military (16), Training Surgery (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Foreign Army Organization (43), Tabakatü'l-Arz (39), French (38), Theory of Education (43), Mübahis-i Riyaziye (45), German or Russian (42), İstikşâfât-ı Military (16), Training Surgery (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Training Surgery (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Training Surgery (20). The top ten students in this class and their total grades are as follows: 1. İhsan, Cihangir (511), 2. Ahmet Tevfik, Thessaloniki (501), 3. Sedad, Üsküdar (501), 4. Asım, Kütahya (Gündüz) (494) ), 5. Mustafa İzzet, Kale-i Sultaniye (487), 6. Mustafa Kemal, Thessaloniki (480), 7. Ahmed Müfit, Kırşehir (Özdeş) (478), 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478) , 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478), 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. 8. Ali Fuat, Salacak (Cebesoy) (478), 9. Süleyman, İzmir (476), 10. Kemal, Ohrid (476). Mustafa Kemal took his oath as Staff Captain on 08 Teşrinievvel 1320 (Hijri: 11 Şaban 1322), Gregorian 21 October 1904 Friday. Sabah newspaper , in its issue dated 21 Teşrinievvel 1320 (03 November 1904); He writes that the numbers were read during the swearing-in ceremony at the Military Academy, and the Minister of Military Schools Zeki Pasha, the Second Minister Ferik Rıza Pasha, the War School Director Ferik Wealth and the Minister of Class Esat Pasha were also present, and Zeki Pasha had the oaths taken one by one. According to this newspaper, those who took the oath are as follows: “ Erkan-ı Harp and namzed and veteran masters, who came out of the Military Academy this year as a captain, and namzet, who was promoted to the second year, and Veteran in the fifth year and the masters of the Tribal School. “Mustafa Kemal 29 Kanununuevvel 1320, that is, on Wednesday, January 11, 1905”An officer has been appointed to the agile 5th Army to lead and command the company in the first class by coming from the school with the Captain of the Erkan-ı Harbiye. ” A total of 37 people graduated from the 57th Term Academy. 13 of them are “ Staff ” and 27 of them are “ Mumtaz”.“They have been. According to the available information and documents, Mustafa Kemal was the 5th among 13 people who graduated from the Academy as Staff. The first of the period was Ali İhsan Sabis, the second Asım Gündüz, the third Ahmet Sedat Doğruer, the fourth Ahmet Tevfik, the sixth Mehmet Hayri Turhan, the seventh Mustafa İzzet Yavuzer, the eighth Ali Seydi Uğur, the ninth Ali Fuat Cebesoy. The other three staff members are, in order: Süleyman Şevket Demirhan, Kemal Ohrid, M. Şevki (his staff position was withdrawn). Thus, the personality of Mustafa Kemal, whose school life was always at the forefront, and who took care of the country's issues while he was still a student, emerges.

Ali GULER

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