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.
Međutim, ti odnosi imaju dublji kulturni i istorijski kontekst ukorenjen u ličnosti Mustafe Kemala Ataturka, osnivača moderne Turske, koji je proveo mladost u Makedoniji i školovao se u vojnoj školi Turskog carstva u Bitolju, što dodaje jednu emotivnu dimenziju tome kao Ankara i turski narod gledaju na Makedoniju.