Kemal Atatürk

[ke-mahl ah-tah-tyrk, kuh-mahl at-uh-turk]

noun

1. Mustafa or Mustapha KemalKemal Pasha, 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.

Kemal Atatürk

/ kɛˈmɑːl ˈætəˌtɜːk /

noun

1. See Atatürk

Ataturk, Kemal

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• Kemalist noun
• Kemalism noun