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Islamokemalism
Islamokemalism (Turkish language, Turkish: ''İslamokemalizm'', ''İslamcı Atatürkçülük'', ''Atatürkçü İslamcılık''), also known as Green Kemalism (''Yeşil Kemalizm'') is a Turkish–Islamic synthesis, Turkish-Islamic synthesist ideology based on Kemalism, which either advocates for the society to be religious while keeping the state and its politics Secularism in Turkey, secular, or a complete replacement of secularism with Islamism in politics as well. It can also refer to religious Turks who love Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Turkey, Republic of Turkey. History The origin of Islamokemalism traced back to the post-World War II period, when Turkish politicians such as Adnan Menderes and Turgut Özal began reintegrating religion into public life without entirely rejecting Kemalism. Ömer Çaha stated that the "softening of the rigid secularism of early Kemalism opened the door to conservative interpretations of Turkish identity that retained loyalty to the Republic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemalism
Kemalism (, also archaically ''Kamâlizm'') or Atatürkism () is a political ideology based on the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.Eric J. Zurcher, Turkey: A Modern History. New York, J.B. Tauris & Co ltd. page 181 Its symbol is the Six Arrows (). Atatürk's Turkey was defined by sweeping political, social, cultural, and religious reforms designed to separate the Republican state from its Ottoman predecessor and embrace a Western lifestyle,Cleveland, William L., and Martin P. Bunton. ''A History of the Modern Middle East''. Boulder: Westview, 2013. including the establishment of secularism/laicism, state support of the sciences, gender equality, economic statism and more. Most of those policies were first introduced to and implemented in Turkey during Atatürk's presidency through his reforms. Origins Various reforms to avoid the imminent collapse of the Empire, began chiefly in the 19th-century Tanzimat refor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
