Kemalist
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- noun
- /ˈkɛməˌlɪst/
- In the 1980s, the Kemalist concept of equality was challenged from several different perspectives.
- Kemalist establishment
- Kemalist secularism
- Kemalist identity
Examples
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In any case, the transformation of the Virtue Party did not stop a Kemalist fundamentalist attack on the party's program.
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Until the 1980s, Turkey prided itself on the women's emancipation that the Kemalists had delivered.
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But in the past two decades, women have become critical of the Kemalist project of modernity and its effects on women.
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Political Islam constitutes one of the key fault lines in the Kemalist conception of laicism.
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Despite the socio-economic transformation of Turkey, the Kemalists remain determined to maintain their dominance at all costs.
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Despite such ambitious reforms, however, Kemalist secularism barely infiltrated Turkish society at large.
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Some hardliners within the military may believe that it is the Kemalist tradition of strict secularism that has moderated Turkish Islam.
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The Islamic revival in the meantime, the influence of the pro-Islamist Welfare Party rose, worsening the Kemalists' sense of insecurity.
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But even as these former Islamists have become enthusiastically pro-Western and pro-globalization, the Kemalist establishment is increasingly turning inward.
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A strong supporter of women's rights, she proudly identifies as a Kemalist who values the reforms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
How Kemalist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Kemalist = Kemal (transparent) = Kemal + ist
The noun is a straightforward agent/adhesion formation from 'Kemal' + '-ist', meaning 'a supporter or follower of Kemal's principles', which is a productive and regular derivation.
Etymology
Kemalist comes from the name of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the ending -ist, which means 'a supporter of' like in pianist. So a Kemalist noun is a person who supports Atatürk's ideas of secular government, national unity, and modern laws.