Kemalism

noun

Ke·​mal·​ism

kəˈmäˌlizəm

plural -s

: the political, economic, and social principles advocated by Kemal Atatürk and designed to create a modern republican secular Turkish state out of a portion of the Ottoman empire

Word History

Etymology

Kemal Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal) †1938 Turkish general and statesman + English -ism

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