Kemalist

English

Etymology

From Kemal +‎ -ist, after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Adjective

Kemalist (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.
   • 1999 March, Sean McMeekin, “The Place that Launched a Thousand Ships”, in Literary Review:

     From successive crises in Crete and Cyprus over enosis (‘union’) with the Greek mainland to the great clash with Kemalist Turkey over Anatolia in the aftermath of the First World War, dreams of greater Greece have wrought untold havoc in the eastern Mediterranean.

Translations

following Kemalism

• Catalan: kemalista n
• French: kémaliste (fr)
• German: kemalistisch
• Russian: кемали́стский m (kemalístskij)
• Turkish: Kemalist (tr), Atatürkçü (tr)

Noun

Kemalist (plural Kemalists)

1. One who follows the ideals of Kemalism.

Related terms

• Kemalism

Translations

one who follows Kemalism

• Catalan: kemalista m or f
• French: kémaliste (fr) m or f
• German: Kemalist (de) m, Kemalistin (de) f
• Russian: кемали́ст m or f (kemalíst)
• Turkish: Kemalist (tr), Atatürkçü (tr)

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