Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal became the reformer of Turkey. He brought turkey to the moder world of Europe. But to make it large, he had to start with the most minimum thing: that was their clothing. Mustafa Kemal wanted to get Turkey out of the traditional world.

He wanted the Turks to get rid of their 'Fez' which was their tradional hat and modernize it to a brimmed Panama hat. But that wasn't it. He wanted to create a feeling of nationalism, which is like pride to ones country. Mustafa Kemal wanted the turks to get out of the religious feeling and it to a secular state, or a non religious state and giving women poewer and rights. Mustafa Kemal was eventually called ATATURK-meaning father of the turks.