November 10 2011 Thursday
There are Leaders and Great Leaders in the history...
73 years ago, Turkey has lost a great leader: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, has started a series of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern, westernized and secular nation-state. The principles of Atatürk's reforms, upon which modern Turkey was established, are referred to as Kemalism.
Here are some of his important transformations:
- Secularism
- Legal equality between sexes
- Unification in education
- Introduction of Turkish alphabet based on latin characters
- and much more...
We are still trying to keep his way alive...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, has started a series of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern, westernized and secular nation-state. The principles of Atatürk's reforms, upon which modern Turkey was established, are referred to as Kemalism.
Here are some of his important transformations:
- Secularism
- Legal equality between sexes
- Unification in education
- Introduction of Turkish alphabet based on latin characters
- and much more...
We are still trying to keep his way alive...
I have no idea how the political situation in Turkey is nowadays but good luck with the struggle.