Today in Social Studies we mainly focused on a hero of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal. ( Kemal Ataturk) We started by reading an article about this man. Let me tell you about his time as the first president of Turkey. Now Ataturk was a good president and he made some changes to the country during his time. For instance, he moved the capital of Turkey, (Istanbul) to Ankara and introduced an alphabet based on a Roman alphabet to the country to. He soon ordered that all signs and books and 
other reading utensils in that style. And of-course no president can be perfect and Ataturk for one made a few changes that the citizens were not to crazy about! Women in Turkey were always wearing veils which are head coverings but with Ataturk in charge he decided to banish them. one of the bigger changes he made as the president was to get rid of the mans hat… the fez. It was a round hat with no brim included and since the people of Turkey prayed 5 times a day, it was a good hat to wear because when you would bow with a brimmed hat chances were that the brims on the hat would hit the floor making a ruckus during the praying! That pretty much sums up todays social Studies class!
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