Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk)

Mustafa did alot of things to change the Turkey country. Mustafa Kemal was the first president of Turkey for 15 years, until he died in 1938. Mustafa Kemal got rid of the fez. He thought that the fez was a symbol of being back and living in the past. He also got rid of traditional clothing, making people wear western clothing. He gave women more rights, women stopped wearing the veil, which is a cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face. He wanted turkey to be like Europe So the Turkish people had to wear trousers, drees shirt, ties and rimmed hat. He made the Turkey republic in 1923 which he was the ruler. He even had a language reform which was one of the hardest reforms people believe because they had to learn a whole new language. He changed Arabic writing and language in Latin which was the language of Europe.