Atatürkist Thought Association
The Atatürkist Thought Association is a non-profit organisation that promotes Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's ideas, hence the Kemalism. It was founded in 1989 by a group of academics in response to "increasing attempts for a counter-revolution", as the constituting manifesto states.
The association is opposed to the Islamist tenets enacted by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran and wants to ensure that religion and state remain separate in Turkey. It is credited with organising the 2007 Republic Protests.
People associated with ADD include mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu, former President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey Yekta Güngör Özden, former General Şener Eruygur and Tansel Çölaşan.