Kemalism
Photograph of a statue depicting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk By M. C. Dutt Kemalism | Thursday – August 5, 2026 H ere in Türkiye (fmr. Turkey), the vision and ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is still redolent on every street and in every home, for what Atatürk achieved in the early 20th century, following WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, was nothing short of spectacular—note the man (Atatürk) himself in the image that I have attached to this post, and yes I took that picture on my trip to the small port city of Side, located about 46 miles outside of Antalya. Like him or not, Atatürk was the founder of the modern nation-state that is today Türkiye, and his vision of the six arrows—an integral part of Kemalism—has really made a profound impact on this land, read " The Law Of The Land ". It was not until the actions and the advocacy of what was Türkyies founding father, that the formation of an assortment of different ethnic groups into Türkiye as a nation-state became...