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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) was the founder and the first president of the Turkish Republic. This came after the downfall of the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish Republic was the first Muslim nation to become a republic. Since the early 1920s, Turkey has been a model for all Muslim and other nations in the emerging world. In only four years, Turkey had gone through a major legal transformation that would have taken decades for most other countries. Laws against different religions were abolished and a system of law not based on religion was established. The new legal system made all men and women, whether they were rich or poor, equal in the court of law. Ataturk’s aim was to modernize Turkey and bring it up to the civilization standards of other countries around them. He planned on giving his country a new sense of joy, equality, and pride. During this, Turkey put religion at a matter of conscience. The majority of Muslims, and the small group of Jews, Christians, and other religions, were free to practice whatever religion they pleased freely. He also emphasized on the importance of his peasants. “// The true owner and master of // // Turkey //// is the peasant who is the real producer. // ” Source: [|Ataturk.com]
 * __ [[image:Ataturk.jpg align="left" caption="Mustafa Kemal Ataturk"]]Mustafa Kemal Ataturk __**