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Does this mean knowing him personally, or knowing about him?
This would be knowing him personally. "bilmek" would be used for knowing about him or about facts about him :)
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Why is the ü added at the end? Would it be grammatically correct without it ( as: Atatürk tanıyor musun?) ?
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No it would be wrong. Atatürk'ü is accusative case of Atatürk. And we use -ü here, due to vowel harmony...
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Referring to a person, why should accusative be used? Would that be the case with anyone? Or is it just because now Ataturk is the direct object of the question? I had thought Accusative was used to refer to "the" in things, and I thought there would only be one person. Therefore, there would not need to be referred as "the". Please correct me if I'm wrong on a general or specific case.
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Yes Atatürk is the direct object of the question. Accusative case is used with anyone and used to refer to "the" in things ALSO. I hope this will help.
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This is a rule. Atatürk"ü" seviyor musun?, süt"ü" getirir misin?, or gül"ü bahçeden getirdim.
Ataturk is credited for founding the Turkish Republic and was the first president of Turkey! More can be read about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk
