Editing Kemalism

'''Kemalism''' (''Turkish: Kemâlizm)'' is a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] [[ideology]] based on the ideas of the First President of the [[Republic of Turkey]], [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]]. Kemalism transformed [[Feudalism|feudal]] [[Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)|Ottoman]] society into a [[Capitalism|bourgeois society]] with some feudal remnants. Kemalists [[Anti-imperialism|fought against imperialism]] on the one hand and compromised with it on the other. [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolsheviks]] supported Kemalists during the [[Turkish War of Independence]] because they prevented the [[Imperialism|imperialists]] from bordering the Bolsheviks through Anatolia.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@jakobenist1793|newspaper=İştiraki Dergisi|title=The Girondin Revolution of Turkey|date=2022-08-30|url=https://istiraki.blogspot.com/2022/08/turkiyenin-jironden-devrimi.html}}</ref>

[[File:Kemalism.jpg|thumb|The Six Arrows]]

==Six Arrows==
The "Six Arrows" ''(Turkish: Altı Ok)'' is the symbol of Kemalism. Each arrow represents an ideological foundation of Kemalism. 

==== Laicism'''/Secularism''' ====
Secularism was an important factor in Turkey's liquidation of the feudal [[Islam|Islamic]] [[Base and superstructure|superstructure]]. Kemalism has removed the [[ulema]] (Islamic clergy), who had enjoyed great authority during the Ottoman period, from the government. Dervish lodges and zawiyahs outlawed and religious elites were isolated from [[society]] by the [[State|government]].

====Nationalism====
Nationalism was necessary to centralize Turkish society, which was guided by the Islamic idea of the ummah. The influence of the idea of ummah in education and law have removed and Turkish identity have prioritized.

==== '''Reformism''' ====
It is the principle of carrying out reforms according to the conditions of the period.

====Statism====
Statism is the principle that emphasizes the role of the state in the [[economy]] and society.

====Republicanism====
It is the principle of protecting and glorifying the Republic. Ankara Government has abolished Ottoman monarchy in 1922.

'''Populism'''

Populism is the principle by which Kemalists set out to establish a social welfare state and introduce [[Imperial core|Western]] [[democracy]].

== Other Comments on Kemalism ==
Kemalism is a very controversial subject among Turkish [[Communism|communists]]. According to some communists ([[İbrahim Kaypakkaya]] and his followers), Kemalism is a fascist ideology led by Turkish [[comprador bourgeoisie]] and [[Landlord|landlords]]<ref>{{Citation|author=İbrahim Kaypakkaya|title=Selected Works of İbrahim Kaypakkaya|title-url=https://www.marxists.org/turkce/kaypakkaya/kaypakkayasecmeyazilar.pdf|chapter=The Points That Shafak Revisionism Got Wrong|page=164|pdf=https://www.marxists.org/turkce/kaypakkaya/kaypakkayasecmeyazilar.pdf|trans-title=İbrahim Kaypakkaya Seçme Yazıları|trans-lang=Turkish}}</ref>, while for others (the Aydınlık etc.) it is a national democratic ([[New Democracy|new democratic]]) [[Revolution|revolutionary]] movement led by Turkish [[Proletarian|labourers]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Uğurcan Yardımoğlu|newspaper=The Aydınlık|title=Class Character of the Kemalist Revolution|date=2020-03-02|url=https://www.aydinlik.com.tr/haber/kemalist-devrimin-sinifsal-karakteri-201892}}</ref>. According to [[Mahir Çayan]], it is a national democratic revolutionary ideology led by the [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] of the [[Petty bourgeoisie|petty-bourgeoisie]]<ref>{{Citation|author=Mahir Çayan|title=All Writings of Mahir Çayan|title-url=https://www.marxists.org/turkce/cayan/yayinlar/butun-yazilar.pdf|chapter=The Right-Deviation, Revolutionary Theory and Practice|page=56|publisher=The Eriş Publications|mia=https://www.marxists.org/turkce/cayan/yayinlar/butun-yazilar.pdf|trans-title=Mahir Çayan Bütün Yazılar|trans-lang=Turkish}}</ref>. 

Kemalism was also discussed by foreign communists outside Turkey. According to [[Joseph Stalin]], a Kemalist revolution is a revolution of the top stratum, a revolution of the national merchant bourgeoisie, arising in a struggle against the foreign imperialists, and whose subsequent development is essentially directed against the peasants and workers, against the very possibility of an agrarian revolution. A Kemalist revolution is a curtailed [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] revolution it is only possible in countries like [[Kingdom of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and [[Imperial State of Iran|Persia]], where there is no or practically no industrial proletariat and there is no powerful agrarian-peasant revolution.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Joseph Stalin|newspaper=Marxists Internet Archive|title=Talk with Students of the Sun Yat-Sen University|date=1927-05-13|url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1927/05/13.htm}}</ref>

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