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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938)

from the Ottoman Empire to modern Turkey

Mubtari, 2012


TASK 1: What do the following pictures tell us about Mustafa Kemal and his legacy?

Mubtari, 2012


Mustafa Ozer, AFP, 2009

Opponents of the Ergenekon investigation demonstrate with a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Istanbul in 2009


Kizlarin Dunyasi, 2013


Bilgiaski, 2013


TASK 2: Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1. Which event of the year 1915-1916 made M.Kemal famous, a hero for the Turks?

2. How was he able to get control over Turkey?

3. List the most radical changes he introduced.

4. Which fact about M. Kemal and his period did you find the most interesting?

Watch the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjySoi2PR0w


Soviet honeymoon?

TASK 3: The Soviet leaders saw a potential ally in M.Kemal. Have you noticed any similarities between Kemal and communist reforms?

Treaty of Kars 1921 activity


From the Sultanate to the Republic

• April 1920 – Grand National Assembly met in Ankara

• August 1920 the Sultan signed the Treaty of Sevres

• November 1922 Sultanate abolished by the assembly – last sultan Mehmed VI left Turkey, his cousin Abdülmecid II remained Caliph

• October 29, 1923 Republic of Turkey declared

• March 1924 Caliphate abolished

• April 1924 Constitution, Turkey a secular republic


The Six Fundamental Principles:

What do you understand under the following principles?

Revolution

Populism

Nationalism

radical reorganization of the political, social and economic systems effort to mobilize popular support for his reforms, spreading the new national culture to the countryside

glorification of the Turkish past, new curricula at schools, Turkish language promoted


The Six Fundamental Principles: What do you understand under the following principles?

Statism

Secularism

Republicanism

state controlled economy, nationalization of industry

Secular state, religion became a private matter of the inhabitants, separated from the state Religious courts and schools abolished Arabic alphabet replaced by Latin alphabet Sunday replaced Friday as the weekly holiday Wearing of the fez abolished

creation of a republic, end of old system of government

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