The Formation of Republican Literature and the Kemalist Era

Vocabulary flashcards covering key historical events, figures, and literary characteristics of the Kemalist era and the formation of Turkish Republican literature.

Mustafa Kemal

The general who led a nationalist politico-military movement starting in early 1919 and became the first and lifelong president of the Republic of Turkey.

Abolition of the Sultanate (1922)

The elimination of the sultanic system of governance in 1922 as a result of the political processes initiated by Mustafa Kemal.

October 29, 1923

The exact date on which the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed.

Atatürk

A surname meaning 'father of Turks,' granted to Mustafa Kemal in 1934, with the exclusive legal right to carry it reserved solely for him.

Kemalist Period (1919–1938)

The era encompassing the nationalist movement from 1919, the formation of the Republic, and lasting until the death of Mustafa Kemal in 1938.

Kemalist Literature

A significant direction of Republican Turkish literature characterized by its propagandistic, individual-cult, and pseudo-patriotic nature.

Abdul Hamid Dictatorship

The period of autocratic rule whose resulting literary vacuum and inertia continued to render Ottoman/Turkish literary life passive into the 1910s.

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

The author highlighted in the text regarding the development and formation of Republican literature in Turkey.