Kemal Atatürk

[ ke-mahl ah-tah-tyrk; English 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.

Derived Forms

• Keˈmalist, nounadjective
• Keˈmalism, noun