Essay about Ghandi Vs. Kemal - 668 Words

Compare and contrast Mustafa Kemal with Mohandas Gandhi, explain their similarities and differences. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;In 1918, the Ottoman Turks were already independent, and consequently the allies (the United States, Great Britain, and France) wanted to make them pay. They were going to divide the Turkish territory among themselves. These were the conditions in Turkey at the time. The Turks’ feelings about being split up between the allies and the Greeks were very simple. Obviously they didn’t agree. They wanted to remain independent and not be subjects of anyone else. So they elected Mustafa Kemal, who was considered a major hero to the Turks for capturing the Galippity Peninsula, was elected to be leader and ignored what†¦show more content†¦He got rid of the Ottoman empire, overthrew the Sultan, and made Turkey a republic. Next, Kemal secularized Turkey (secularized- no main religion in place). Turkey had been an Islamic Empire but when Kemal overthrew the Sultan, the religion was no longer dominant. Kemal tried to separate church and state, like the Europeans. No established religion, none was above the other. Religion was now a private affair. This was a revolutionary move on Kemal’s part. Kemal basically tried to modernize Turkey. Lastly, Kemal established new laws, saying that women were no longer forced to wear the veil, the mark under Muslim customs of their seclusion from public life. In traditional Islam society, women couldn’t show themselves in public to keep men holy and prevent impure thoughts from entering men’s minds. Kemal did away with this. Women were to be equal and become part of public life, and get educated, get a job, and no longer had to wear the veil. All of these established efforts were major contributions for Turkey by Kemal. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mohandas Gandhi was borned in 1869. He married at 13 and in 1891, completed his studies. In order to devote himself selflessly to his work, he denounced all worldly possessions mainly for the purpose to free India of British rule. People working with Gandhi protested their rights in a non-violent and passive way. Gandhi’s continuous effortful and harmless acts of defiance were basically his pleas for freedom. On August 15,