Packet 1: Tossup 9

Some military monuments erroneously credit this leader with a quote about “Johnnies” who “have become our sons” after losing their lives. Under this leader, the “Hearths” (15[1])promoted a pseudoscientific “history thesis” regarding his people’s supposed origins around a massive inner sea. School curricula quickly adopted a historiographical speech delivered by this leader over 6 days called (15[1])the Nutuk (“NOO-took”). Under this (15[1])leader, the TLA supported theories that all (*) languages descend (10[1])from the ancestral (10[1])“Sun Language” (10[1])and removed loanwords (10[1])from Arabic and Persian. Some (10[1])nationalist historians in one country deny that this founding leader of the CHP (10[1])continued anti-Christian violence committed by the Committee for Union and Progress. For 10 points, what first post-Ottoman president moved his capital to Ankara? ■END■

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