Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal was the leader of Turkey after the Muslim empire have fell due to loss in the war. Even though the Muslim empire have been separate they still stuck to their rules and regulations. The separated countries have followed religious rules. Mustafa Kemal wanted to changed that. He wanted to get out of the stone age and be in with the new age. He wanted to be how the European people were, with there clothes, style and how they act. He believe that the style people are wearing before was not modern, so certain clothing was illegal to wear like a veil.

Secular- not pertaining to or connected with religion.

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