Friday, February 6, 2009

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kermal Ataturk was the president for 15 years, he died in 1938. His achievements in Turkey are an enduring monument to Ataturk. Emerging nationsadmire him as a pioneer of national liberation. The world honors his memory as a foremostpeacemaker who upheld the principles of humanism and the vision of a united humanity.

He started making thing illegal like the fez. He made the schools religion not private. Early 1920s, He blazed across the worldscene as a triumphant commander who crushed the invaders of hiscountry. European hats replaced the fez; women stopped wearing the veil; all citizens took surnames; and the Islamic calendar gave way to the Western calendar.

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