Mustafa Kemal lived from 1881 to 1938. He overthrew the last Ottoman sultan in 1922 and became president of [[Turkey]] in 1923.
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'''Mustafa Kemal Atatürk''' lived from 1881 to 1938. He overthrew the last Ottoman sultan in 1922 and became president of [[Turkey]] in 1923.
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Kamal Attatruk introduced many Westernizing reforms into Turkish society. Samuel Huntington defines "Kamalism" was a response to attempts at "reconciliation of Islam and modernity', or to modernise Islam without Westernization.
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==Reference==
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*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]