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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1881–1938 · Turkey · President

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Étatism

State-built capitalism, secular nation.

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Governance+66
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Social+28
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The founder of modern Turkey, whose 'etatism' built capitalist industry through the state while his single-party rule drove a sweeping secular, modernising revolution — authoritarian in form, progressive in social aim.

social

Radically secular-progressive: alphabet, dress and women's-rights reforms.

economic

'Devletçilik' — state-led industrialisation alongside private enterprise.

governance

Single-party authoritarian moderniser remaking a nation from above.

Notable for
  • Founded the Republic of Turkey
  • Étatist industrialisation
  • Secular modernisation
etatismsecular-modernisationdevelopmental
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