The Ottoman Empire was one of the biggest empires ever. It stretched from Northern Africa to the Middle East and Southern Europe. This was a Major Muslim dominated empire. Like all great Empires this one was doomed to end. It ended after World War 1. The Ottoman empire was on the losing side(Germany). With this the Ottoman empire broke up and was split up into many countries. One of those was Turkey.
Turkey was led by a man named Mustafa Kemal. He asked the people of Turkey if their country in any way was a bit civilized. He was named Ataturk. This was a title given to him by the people of Turkey. It meant the father of the Turks. His principles were stated as the "Six Arrows". This was his drive, his purpose and his values which defined everything he did and was reason behind everything he did. The Six Arrows were republicanism, populism, secularism, reformism, nationalism, and statism. He made sure that all the aspects of the Turkey government was separated. This was called secularism. This meant that religious affairs were not to interfere in government affairs. This can also be found earlier in the subcontinent of Asia in the Mughal Empire. Their leader also used simpler ideas and redefined the Mughal empire. This was the most important thing that Kemal could do. This is because by keeping religion and government apart he modernized Turkey.
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