Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey


Mustafa Kemal was the first president of Turkey he wanted to modernize Turkey and make them more like the European countries and less like the other Islamic countries. He wanted turkey to be secular meaning that thing that are not regraded as religious or spiritually. One way he thought he could modernize turkey was by the way they dressed. He wanted to abolish the "Fez" and bring in the hat with a brim. Mustafa Kemal wanted all the men to wear pants jacket and tie which was more European. His belief brought more rights for women and they had the rights to vote.

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