he also lead the massacre of Smyrna... and participated in the mass genocide of Armenians.
Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure there was a genocide, or at least mass murder, but the lack of clear evidence at all about the entire episode makes it hard to just arbitrarily pin it all on Kemal. We could go for hours about if he was or wasn't guilty, but I think we can agree all great men have blotches on their names, true or not.
I myself? I don't think Ataturk was involved, at least not knowingly or directly. What you think though is up to you, and as I said, the lack of clear evidence makes it hard to justify it either way.