Turkey · 1923–1938
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Secular nation-builder. State-led modernization imposed from the top, including on religion and dress.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is on the world-leaders chart for Turkey, 1923–1938. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Secular nation-builder. State-led modernization imposed from the top, including on religion and dress.
The dot is economics +12 and authority +48, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is near the middle on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: A secular republic, Western law, and a nation in place of the empire. Done: The caliphate, the alphabet, and dress laws were changed from the top. Opposition was not welcome. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are Charles de Gaulle (France, +16 / +44) and Otto von Bismarck (Germany, +12 / +54). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.