The founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was born there in 1881, and the Young Turk movement was headquartered in the city in the early 20th century.
Osnivač moderne Turske, Kemal Atatürk je rođen u gradu 1881. godine, a ovdje se i nalazilo sjedište pokreta Mladoturaka, početkom 20. stoljeća.