Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mustafa Kemal(Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

One way that he thought he could modernize Turkey was to make them dress like the United States or the Europeans. Therefore he commanded that they were boots or shoes on there feet , trousers on there legs,shirt and tie,jacket and waistcoat,and a hat. He had made the government workers to wear Western-style bussiness suits and he had banned the fez.

Some changes he did was he seperated the laws of Islam from the laws of the nation. He also gave the women alittle more freedom by letting them vote and also to hold public office.

Secular- This is when you are not concerned with religious, spiritual, or sacred things.

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