Kemalism , also known as
Atatürkism , or the
Six Arrows , is the founding ideology of the
Republic of Turkey. Kemalism, as it was implemented by
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was defined by sweeping political, social, cultural and religious reforms designed to separate the new Turkish state from its
Ottoman predecessor and embrace a Westernized way of living, including the establishment of
democracy, civil and political equality for women,
secularism, state support of the sciences and free education, many of which were first introduced to Turkey during Atatürk's presidency in
his reforms.