Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

-->He made it more made it more secular he gave women the right to vote.
He also wanted to give his nation a new sense of dignity, equality, and happiness.he also created the vast Moslem majority and the small Christian and Jewish minorities that are free to practice their faith.to help modernize his country he introduced many reforms for example European hats replaced the fez; women stopped wearing the veil; all citizens took surnames; and the Islamic calendar gave way to the Western calendar. A vast transformation took place in the urban and rural life.

-->Secular means Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body it can also mean the separation of religion from educational, cultural and legal affairs. It means independence of thought and independence of institutions from the dominance of religious thinking and religious institutions.