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-Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) was the military founder of modern Turkey, and its first president.  He was a successful division commander in the [[Battle of Gallipoli]].  When the Allies defeated the Ottoman Empire and arranged for its partition, he led a rebellion in the Turkish War of Independence.
+#REDIRECT [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]]
-Kemal deposed the last sultan of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1922 and became president of Turkey in 1923.  It is estimated that over 99% of Turks are Muslim [https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tu.html#People], but Kemal established a secular rule based on a strong military.  He abolished Islamic courts and gave women the right to vote and hold government positions.  As a result of his efforts, Turkey is the only Muslim country to independently hold democratic elections.
-Samuel Huntington defines "Kamalism" as a response to attempts at "reconciliation of Islam and modernity', or to modernise Islam without Westernization.
-==Reference==
-*Samuel P Huntington, ''The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order'', New York: Touchtone, 1997. [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19930601faessay5188/samuel-p-huntington/the-clash-of-civilizations.html]
-[[Category:Turkey]]