Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Secular means that of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal.:Mustafa Kemal was the first President of Turkey. He wanted Turkey to be more modernized. he forbid The fez because he says its a symbol of ignorance. He wanted them to be Muslim but not as Muslim as the other Muslim countries. He wants the Turkish people to dress like the Europeans with shirts and pants and shoes more westernised.

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