Turkey today-1938
Dear Ryan,
I want to tell you about all of the changes that Kemal Ataturk, “the father of the Turks” has made in our country. Kemal felt that
Turkey needed to be more modern. He wanted people to wear clothing that is more modern and even made a law against wearing a fez. He felt that changing what people wore on their heads might change what was in their heads. The lives of women have been changed by new laws also. Kemal did not want women to wear veils or hide their faces in public. He felt men and women should be equal. He thought women should vote, go to school, and get jobs in business and in government. I guess these changes will be good for the women but I think some men will have a difficult time getting used to it.
Some of the other changes Kemal made were to move the capitol from
Istanbul to
Ankara, and to introduce a new alphabet. The new alphabet was based on the Roman alphabet. Kemal Ataturk died earlier this year but he will always be remembered for the changes he made in our country.
