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the Revolution led by Kemal and its great international influence. By thisway they criticized Stalin and Mao's theoretical dogmas on Atatürk andKemalism. (Lin&Liang:1979).With this paper as the symbol, research works and introductive essayson Atatürk and modern Turkey presented again. Some senior expertson Middle East studies such as He Jingxi, Yang Zhaojun, Peng Shuzhi,Zhu Kerou published their theses or monographs. Scholars from manyuniversities and the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) wrotemany papers on this subject. In 1981, the 'Atatürk Year', UNESCO organizeda series of commemoration activities, Beijing also held a meetingfor the centenary of the birth of Atatürk.The focuses of studies on Atatürk and modern Turkey in China since1979 are as follows:1). The change of paradigm from 'class struggle' to 'peace and development'.Before 1979, class struggle, or revolution going to socialism, hadbeen the only theme, on 'paradigm' as some scholars argued, of manyhistorical studies in China. It is for this reason that many great historicalevents vvere vvritten off, or even denied completely, and many researchfıelds became out-of-bounds. Since 1979 this tendency has been changed.This change reflected the nevv attitude of Chinese intellectuals tovvardmodernization at home and peace and developmend in the vvhole vvorld.For studies of Atatürk and modern Turkey, there has been a broad range:the grovvth of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk himself, the vvholesale reforms duringthe 1920s and 1930s in retrospect; the six principles of Kemalism;and so on.Professor Peng Shuzhi described the grovvth of Atatürk, detailed vvhyYoung Kemal decided to be an armyman and his devotion for the reinstatementof the 1876 Constitution vvhen he vvas studying in college andin the Young Turkish Movement. Kemal's nationalism and consciousnessof anti-imperialism during the First World War were manifested by hisfırm stand for a national self-defense and neutrality policy refrainingfrom being sucked into the vortex of vvar. At the critical moment decidingTurkish survive-and-perish in 1918, he extricated himself from the commandof the decadent Sultan regardless of his personal safety and resortedto the Turkish people in Anatolian hinterland. It is this spirit that madehim the hero and 'Atatürk' of Turkey. (Peng Shuzhi, 1992: 242-261).The 'Kemalist Reforms" vvere considered an abrupt turn in Turkishhistory for they made a breakthrough from backvvardness and ushered ina long epoch of sustained political stability and economic development.'It is Atatürk who led these vvholesale reforms, by his superb skill to have672