Turkish Military Academy Biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in the Kocakasım District of Salonica in in a three-story pink house on Islahane Street. His father's name was Ali Rıza Efendi and his mother was Zübeyde Hanım. His paternal grandfather, Hafız Ahmet Efendi, was from the Kocacık Yörüks (a Turkish nomadic tribe), who had emigrated from Konya.