Mustafa Kemal Research Paper
Mustafa Kemal:
Muslim Modernity
Mustafa Kemal (March 12, 1881 - November 10, 1938), was a Turkish nationalist and political leader who was instrumental in the fall of the Ottoman sultanate and in the creation of modern Turkey, was also the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Kemal devoted his life to freeing Turkey from foreign domination. Under his benevolent dictatorship as president of the republic, he instituted lasting reforms that earned him the name Atatürk (the father of the Turks). Kemal was born in Salonika (now Greece, but then part of Turkish Macedonia), the son of a lower middle class Turkish customs official. Ali Riza (Efendi) died when Kemal was a child; his mother was Zübeyde (Hanim). …show more content…
Some leaders leave a legacy of dramatic change and others do not. Kemal was a leader known for change, and his reforms such as the changes to education, more rights for women and the modernization of the economy were ground breaking and made him a hero too many.
The National Assembly, which first convened on 23 April 1920, that was the first clue to the Turkish Republic. The successful management of the War of Independence by this assembly accelerated the founding of the new Turkish State. On the 1 of November 1922, the offices of the Sultan and caliph were severed from one other and the former was abolished. There were no longer any administrative ties with the Ottoman Empire. On the 29 of October 1923, Turkish Republic was formally proclaimed and Kemal was unanimously elected as its first President. On 30 October 1923, the first government of the Republic was formed. The Republic started to grow on the foundations of the twin principles "Sovereignty, unconditionally belongs to the nation" and "peace at home, peace in the …show more content…
Kemal reformed the railroad system to get the economy going. This allowed for the country to export their goods and benefit from the import of other goods. As Vessel explains, Stalin had introduced a 5-year plan and Kemal modeled a plan after Stalin’s. “ Turkey’s first five year plan drew on existing strengths in agriculture to create processing plants for sugar, tobacco and cotton…the government funded the building of iron and steel works and chemical plants.”[5] Although this idea was based on Stalin’s idea it was expanded upon and it was ground breaking when it was brought into Turkey because it brought the economy in a direction it had never been in before. Focusing and expanding on what Turkey already had to offer allowed for greater involvement in trade throughout the world. With the overhaul of the education system, rights for women and the economy in good standings, the country was headed towards the modernity that Kemal was
Muslim Modernity
Mustafa Kemal (March 12, 1881 - November 10, 1938), was a Turkish nationalist and political leader who was instrumental in the fall of the Ottoman sultanate and in the creation of modern Turkey, was also the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Kemal devoted his life to freeing Turkey from foreign domination. Under his benevolent dictatorship as president of the republic, he instituted lasting reforms that earned him the name Atatürk (the father of the Turks). Kemal was born in Salonika (now Greece, but then part of Turkish Macedonia), the son of a lower middle class Turkish customs official. Ali Riza (Efendi) died when Kemal was a child; his mother was Zübeyde (Hanim). …show more content…
Some leaders leave a legacy of dramatic change and others do not. Kemal was a leader known for change, and his reforms such as the changes to education, more rights for women and the modernization of the economy were ground breaking and made him a hero too many.
The National Assembly, which first convened on 23 April 1920, that was the first clue to the Turkish Republic. The successful management of the War of Independence by this assembly accelerated the founding of the new Turkish State. On the 1 of November 1922, the offices of the Sultan and caliph were severed from one other and the former was abolished. There were no longer any administrative ties with the Ottoman Empire. On the 29 of October 1923, Turkish Republic was formally proclaimed and Kemal was unanimously elected as its first President. On 30 October 1923, the first government of the Republic was formed. The Republic started to grow on the foundations of the twin principles "Sovereignty, unconditionally belongs to the nation" and "peace at home, peace in the …show more content…
Kemal reformed the railroad system to get the economy going. This allowed for the country to export their goods and benefit from the import of other goods. As Vessel explains, Stalin had introduced a 5-year plan and Kemal modeled a plan after Stalin’s. “ Turkey’s first five year plan drew on existing strengths in agriculture to create processing plants for sugar, tobacco and cotton…the government funded the building of iron and steel works and chemical plants.”[5] Although this idea was based on Stalin’s idea it was expanded upon and it was ground breaking when it was brought into Turkey because it brought the economy in a direction it had never been in before. Focusing and expanding on what Turkey already had to offer allowed for greater involvement in trade throughout the world. With the overhaul of the education system, rights for women and the economy in good standings, the country was headed towards the modernity that Kemal was