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MODERNIZATION OF TURKEY AND IRAN  Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) overthrew the sultan, defeated western occupation forces and declared Turkey a republic  Ataturk.

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1 MODERNIZATION OF TURKEY AND IRAN  Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) overthrew the sultan, defeated western occupation forces and declared Turkey a republic  Ataturk – father of the Turks  He wanted to modernize Turkey along western lines and to separate religion from government  Westernizing Turkey  Replaced Islamic law with western law  Got rid of the Islamic calendar  Moved day of rest from Friday to Sunday  Forced people to wear western clothing  Used Latin alphabet  Outlawed polygamy  Polygamy is…

2 IRAN  Reza Khan overthrew the shah  Wanted to modernize Iran  Built factories  Adopted western alphabet  Western clothing  Muslims greatly condemned (spoke out against) his efforts to introduce western ways into the nation

3  European Mandates and Arab Nationalism  Page 427 for quick analysis


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