Kemal Ataturk Essay
Dear John,
Things in Turkey haven’t been doing very good around here since World War I. Our president has made a law against the wearing of the fez. A fez is a hat worn by Muslim men and not wearing it states that we have given up the religion of Islam. Since the fez has been outlawed, it has totally angered me because I do not want to be referred to as someone who has given up the Muslim religion. 
About our president Kemal Ataturk, he was a military hero during most of the 1920’s & 1930’s. So far he has brought many political and social changes to modernize our country, Turkey. During the reign of Ataturk he has made a new alphabet for us which is extremely hard for us to learn since we are already familiar with the original Turkish alphabet. This new alphabet is actually based on the Latin alphabet. We also have a new system for punishing crimes that comes from the Italian Penal Code. Ataturk has also given women social and political rights so now they can go to school and get jobs, much unlike when he wasn’t president. These are only a few of the new reforms he has introduced to Turkey. Needless to say, my life is very different now all thanks to Kemal Ataturk.
Your Friend,
Abdullah
