Kamal Ata Turk was a comprehensive reformer and the founder of the Republic of Turkey. He initiated a rigorous program of political, economic, and cultural reforms with the ultimate aim of building a modern, progressive, and secular nation-state. Atatürk introduced a series of radical reforms in the country's political, social, and economic life that aimed at rapidly transforming Turkey into a modern state. Some of his main accomplishments include:
- Abolition of the use of the Arabic alphabet and the adoption of the Latin alphabet2.11
- Introduction of a secular legal code, modeled along European lines, that completely altered laws affecting women, marriage, and family relations.5
- Making primary education free and compulsory, opening thousands of new schools all over the country125.11
- Creation of a banner to mark the changes between the old Ottoman and the new republican rule.1
- Establishment of the Turkish Historical Society in 1931 to thoroughly examine and evaluate Turkey's history.2
- Introduction of the New Calendar, Weights and Measures, Holidays, and Surname Laws.2
- Implementation of the Six Arrows of Kemalism as republicanism, nationalism, populism, reformism, statism, and secularism, which were regarded as "fundamental and unchanging principles" guiding the republic, and, as such, they were written into its constitution356.8
- Modernization of the life of his country, which included many other reforms.2
- Creation of a modern state that would grow under his successors into a viable democracy.9
- Impressive economic development during Atatürk's Presidency in absolute figures and in comparison to other countries.7
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