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TURKEY > HISTORY >> The Republic Period
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REFORMS
| 1924 |
Abolition of the Caliphate |
| 1925 |
Abolition of the fez; suppression of religious
brotherhoods; closing of sacred tombs as places of worship |
| 1926 |
Adoption of new Civil Law code |
| 1928 |
Introduction of Latin alphabet |
| 1934 |
Kemal takes name of Ataturk when a new law required
Turks to adopt surnames; women made eligible to vote in elections and to become
members of Parliament |
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's reforms can be summarized as
follows:
- Abolition of the Sultanate and Caliphate;
establishment of the Republic.
- Implementation of secularism nationwide.
- Abolition of the religious courts.
- Suppression of religious brotherhoods; closing of
sacred tombs as places of worship.
- Replacement of traditional clothing by Western
styles; abolition of the fez.
- Abolition of Medreses, unification of
education, renovations of school programs according to contemporary and national
needs, opening of new universities.
- Adoption of new Civil Law code.
- Adoption of the solar calendar and changing of the
Moslem holy day of the week, Friday, into a weekday with Sunday becoming the
official day of rest.
- Introduction of Latin alphabet.
- Purification of Turkish language from foreign
words.
- Implementation of "Peace at home, Peace in the
world" as Turkish foreign policy.
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