Međutim, ti odnosi imaju i dublji i historijski kontekst u Mustafi Kemalu Ataturku, osnivaču moderne Turske, koji je svoju mladost proveo u Makedoniji i obrazovan je u jednoj vojnoj otomanskoj školi u Bitolju, što je dodatna emocionalna dimenzija s kojom Ankara -- i turski narod -- gledaju na Makedoniju.
But the relations have a deeper cultural and historical context in Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who spent his youth in Macedonia and was educated at an Ottoman military school in Bitola, adding an emotional dimension to how Ankara -- and the Turkish people -- view Macedonia.