WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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beginning the Zionist movement
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enforcing Islamic law
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starting the PLO
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using western practices to modernize Turkey
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Detailed explanation-1: -The adoption of the Latin script and the purging of foreign loan words was part of Atatürk’s program of modernization. The two important features were sought, which were the democratization and activate secularism. Turkish had been written using a Turkish form of the Perso-Arabic script for a thousand years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some of these reforms included-men not allowed to wear the fez/turban, women discouraged from wearing the veil, latin alphabet changed to Ottoman alphabet, the creation of a women’s union, compulsory school.
Detailed explanation-3: -What ways did Ataturk try to modernize Turkey? Banned traditional dress; Women held office and vote; Latin not Arabic alphabet; Adopted the metric system.