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Mustafa Kemal made the following reforms to modernize Turkey while he was a president:

  • separated the laws of Islam from the laws of the nation
  • replaced the old Muslim calender with the Gregorian calender
  • abolished religious courts and created a new legal system based on European law as opposed to the previous system based on the Islamic law code
  • granted women the right to vote and to hold public office
  • launched government-funded programs to industrialize Turkey and to spur the economic growth
  • attempted to modernize Turkey by banning the Fez which was of Greek origin
  • marriage was considered civil and not religious and polygamy was abolished
  • women were given the right to vote in all elections
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