Secularization of Turkey

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:country gptkb:Turkey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Secularization of Turkey
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Westernization
French laïcité
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk
gptkbp:mainPeriod 1923-1938
gptkbp:opposedBy conservative groups
Islamist movements
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kemalist_ideology
gptkb:Republican_People's_Party_(Turkey)
gptkb:Laicism_in_Turkey
gptkb:Turkish_modernization
Turkish nationalism
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:abolition_of_the_Caliphate
gptkb:abolition_of_Ministry_of_Sharia_and_Foundations
adoption of Gregorian calendar
abolition of Sharia courts
abolition of religious titles
adoption of Italian Penal Code
adoption of Swiss Civil Code
adoption of Western dress code
adoption of civil law
ban on religious clothing in public institutions
closure of Sufi orders
closure of religious schools
establishment of Directorate of Religious Affairs
introduction of secular education
replacement of Arabic script with Latin alphabet
gptkbp:startDate 1923
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Atatürk
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6