See Also: Kemalism(dictionary)

Kemalism (iou)



Kemalism noun. E20.
[from Kemal (see below) + -ISM.]
The political, social, and economic policies advocated by the Turkish soldier and statesman Kemal Ataturk (c 1880-1938), which aimed to create a modern republican secular Turkish State out of a part of the Ottoman Empire.
Kemalist noun & adjective (a) noun an advocate or adherent of Kemalism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to Kemalism or Kemalists: M20.