Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal made Turkey more modernized by giving women more freedom. Women were able to vote and he had government funded industrialize Turkey and for the economic growth. He also had a clothing rule so that Turkey can be more modernized. His rule was to dress civilized, wear boots or shoes,shirts and ties, jackets and waistcoats and a hat. He made government workers dress in western style business suits.He banned people from wearing the fez. The fez was a red hat that was a traditional thing for Turkish people to wear. He did this so that they can be more modern and more American.