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Kemal Atatürk
[ ke-mahl ah-tah-tyrk; English kuh-mahl at-uh-turk ]
noun
- Mustafa or Mustapha KemalKemal Pasha, 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
Kemal Atatürk
/ kɛˈmɑːl ˈætəˌtɜːk /
Ataturk, Kemal
- A Turkish soldier and statesman who founded modern Turkey in the 1920s, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Ataturk believed that Islamic influence ( see Islam ) in government had held Turkey back, and in response he established a secular government.
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Derived Forms
- Keˈmalist, nounadjective
- Keˈmalism, noun
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