HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Kemal Atatürk is best known for helping Turkey become
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a modern and secular state
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an imperialist power in Africa and Asia
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a communist country allied with the Soviet Union
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a theocratic country with laws based on the Qur’an (Koran)
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Turkey is officially a secular country with no official religion since the constitutional amendment in 1928, which was later strengthened and entrenched with wider appliance of laicism by founder Atatürk during the mid ‘30s, all being in-part with the series’ of Atatürk’s Reforms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following the Turkish War of Independence, not only the modern Turkish Republic was established, but also Mustafa Kemal was elected as the first President of the new Republic on 29 October 1923.
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