ATATÜRK BETWEEN WEST AND EAST
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This essay proposes to analyze and reflect on the figure of Kemal Atatürk. His presence, although imagetic, remains in contemporary Turkey. Geographically between West and East, Turkey from Kemal formed under the influence of the two imaginaries. By highlighting the key points of the biography of the Turkish leader during his military career and as a statesman, we sought to rescue the events and theories of the early twentieth century that will shape not only the performance of Kemal, but also the formation of Turkey itself as a nation-state. Atatürk mobilized elements of Islamic identity for political and military purposes. In a second moment, it promoted the creation of a secular Turkish nation-state. Its reforms are seen as an attempt at development in the context of global capitalism, and the ambiguity reflects the complexity of the country’s geopolitical position and identity issues.
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