Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Ataturk wanted to modernized Turkey by making it more secular . Secular means being not that religious . Ataturk wanted to change the way the Turks dressed . He wanted to get rid of the fez (Turkish hat) and enforced hats with a brim . He also gave them a whole new dress code of boots or shoes , trousers , shirt and tie , and jackets and waistcoats . Secularism wasn't against Islam , it was against the Islam that didn't want to become modernized .