1. TURKEY UNTIL 2 ND WORLD WAR TURKEY UNTIL 2 ND WORLD WAR  29 th October 1923 Decleration of Republic  When Atatürk established Turkish Republic and became the president of Turkey,he wanted importantly to westernization in social and politic way.  Atatürk spent the following years,up until his death,instituting wide-ranging and progressive political,economic,and social reforms.

2.  The country saw a steady process of secular Westernization which included the unification of education;the discontinuation of religious and other titles; the closure of Islamic courts and the replacement of Islamic Canon Law with a secular civil code modeled after Switzerland’s and a penal code modeled after the Italian Penal Code;

3.  Recognition of the equality between the sexes and the granting of full political rights to women on 5 December 1934;the language reform initiated by the newly founded Turkey.  LanguageAssociation;replacements of the Ottoman Turkish Alphabet with the new Turkish Alphabet derived from the Latin Alphabet; The dress law(the wearing of a fez was outlawed);  The law on family names;and many other reformes.

4.  Turkey suffered from 1st World War,

5.  And also, M.Kemal Atatürk’s foreign policy was aligned with his motto”Peace at home and Peace in the world”a perception of peace linked to his project of civilization and modernization.

6.  So,Turkey didn’t participate the 2 nd World War.  But it lived all the effects of the war.  Economical measures which were taken during the 2 nd World War caused trouble in the country.  Turkey straddled between USA and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

7.  1923-1950 Single-Party Regime.In these years some parties were established but they were dissolved.Because there were lots of people who against republic regime.  In 1945 the multi-party period of the Republic of Turkey began.  Parties and institutions shined out during this period.

8.  Association of Journalist was founded at this time.  1950 Turkey sent soldier to Korean War.  18 th February 1952 became a member of NATO  In 1954 by signing European Convention on Human Rights, Turkey took the first step for democratization

9. Between 1950 and 1960 ;  Western Countries’ economic programme was put into practise in Turkey  Migration from the country to town began.  Especially emigrates from country to town caused population increase in towns.  In 1960’s (Turkish Trade Law) Number of companies and holdings increased.

10.  27 th May 1960 Military Coup happened.  9 th July 1961 Counstitution provided social and politic democratization.  In 1960’s, Sending workers to Germany started.  In 1971 2 nd Military Coup happened.  In 1974 Germany stopped getting workers.  In 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation affected Turkey negative.

11.  In 24 th January 1980 Economical Stabilization Programme was put into practice.  After 1983, Turkey expanded into global market.  In 1990’s Economical Troubles began.But, in these years Turkey took new steps about communication and transportation.