TurkeyMustafa Kemal Atatürk was the army officer who founded the Republic of Turkey in 1923 and served as its first president. He replaced Ottoman institutions with a secular, nationalist state and introduced wide-ranging legal and cultural reforms.
In the 12 Axes register, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 83%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Centralized unitary republic
Oligarchy
Single-party rule under his presidency
Authoritarian
Suppressed opposition and revolts
Nationalist
Turkish nationalism as founding principle
Neutral
War of Independence, then "peace at home"
Monoculturalist
Turkification of language and identity
Mixed Economic
Etatism with state enterprises
Interventionism
State-led industrial plans in the 1930s
Limited Trade
Protective tariffs after 1929
Atheist
Abolished the caliphate, secularized the state
Culturally Left
Sweeping reforms of dress, script and law
Technological
Modernization through science and education
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is at Autocratic 83%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
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The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
