A brief look at the six principles
The visual series on our official Instagram account recalls Atatürk’s principles through shared citizenship, equality, independence, development, freedom of belief and modernisation. The summaries below convey the main themes of the post.
- Republicanism: sovereignty belongs to the nation, and government rests on the will of the people.
- Nationalism: safeguarding national independence, unity and a shared sense of citizenship.
- Populism, in the Kemalist sense: equal rights for all citizens without privilege, together with social solidarity.
- Statism: a leading and regulatory role for the state in economic and social development.
- Secularism: separation of religion and state, with freedom of conscience, belief and worship protected.
- Reformism: renewing society in line with the needs of the time and pursuing progress and development.