1. Notes from 4/9/19

2. Keep your traditions, customs, language?
Nationalism
What does it mean?
Keep your traditions, customs, language? OR
Modernize?
We will be looking at three examples of nationalism

3. Center of the Ottoman Empire
Notes: Present day Turkey was at the center of the Ottoman Empire
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Istanbul, capital of Turkey, circa 1900

4. NOTES: Laws and social norms discriminated against women
Examples: strict rules of dress, no rights
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Women sorting silk cocoons in Antioch, 1913

5. Notes: Ottoman Empire lost WWI
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7. Mustafa Kemal becomes president
Notes: Mustafa Kemal leads Turkish nationalists in fighting invaders, overthrows last Ottoman sultan and establishes Turkey
Mustafa Kemal becomes president
Known as:
-Father of Modern Turkey
-Ataturk

8. Notes: Atatürk’s Reforms
-Separated laws of religion from laws of the nation
-Created a new legal system based on European law
-Granted women the right to vote
- The nationalistic path TURKEY took: Westernization, Modernization and industrialization
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9. Central Historical Question
A deeper look: Did Atatürk’s reforms actually improve the status of women in Turkey?
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10. Turkey, Persia/Iran and Saudi Arabia
Which path of nationalism did they take?
Use textbook (p )and handout
Modernization?
Keeping traditions and customs?
A mix of the above?

11. Writing: (Collected)
On separate paper, write your name and date (4/9/19)
In your opinion, what path should nationalists take in order to make their nation better? (Should they keep strong traditions and customs or should they modernize/westernize? Or is there a different path?)
Support your response