Mustafa Kemal, born on my 19, 1881, was an army officer as well as the founder of the Republic of Turkey. Also known as Ataturk, which means father of the turks, he was a very good military commander. Kemal later lead the Turkish war of Independence which was also known as the Turkish National Movement. This eventually lead to Turkey's independence, and in the long term, Turkey's modernization.
As Turkey's founder and first president, Mustafa Kemal set many reforms. These reforms came in a variety, consisting of economical, political, and most improtant, cultural. Kemal's goals for his new reforms was to modernize Turkey and create a secular nation. Since most countries had church as a main part of government and daily life, Mustafa felt that getting rid of this would modernize the Republic of Turkey, therefore making it secular. The word secular means to not be overly or specifically religious.
Besides Ataturk's cultural reforms, his other set of reforms also strived towards the goal of modernizing the nation of Turkey. For example, one of Kemal's social reforms consisted of making Turkey, quote, " a state of the people and a state by the people." Also Kemal stressed on making Turkey a nation with no social classes or levels. By doing this, Mustafa Kemal launched Turkey ahead of most countries towards his goal of modernization.
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