Mustafa Kemal(ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal - "The Father of Turkey" - was president of the country for about 15 years. He modernized the country by using European ideas; such as a dress code, a revised legal system, along with an industrial and agricultural advancement. His dress code required the muslims to throw away their robes and fez to replace them with shirts, pants, and ties. Mustafa's revised legal system said that everyone in the country was equal regardless of position of power. Mustafa was guided by his six principles he attempted to instill on this new, modern, Turkey; Nationalism, Republicanism, Populism, Statism, Secularism, and Revolutionism.