Atatrk's Reforms (Turkish: Atatrk Devrimleri) were a series of political, legal, cultural,

social, and economic policy changes that were designed to convert the new Republic of Turkey
into a secular, modern nation-state. Central to these reforms were the belief that Turkish society
would have to Westernize itself both politically and culturally in order to modernize.
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Political
reforms involved a number of fundamental institutional changes that brought end of many
traditions, and followed a carefully planned program to unravel the complex system that had
developed over the centuries.
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The reforms were implemented under the leadership of Mustafa
Kemal Atatrk in accordance with Kemalist ideology.
Reforms began with the modernization of the constitution, including enacting the new
Constitution of 1924 which replaced the Constitution of 1921, and the adaptation of European
laws and jurisprudence to the needs of the new republic. This was followed by a thorough
secularization and modernization of the administration, with particular focus on the education
system.
Historically, Atatrk's reforms follow the Ottoman Empire's Tanzimt period, meaning
reorganization, that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876.
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Another
set of social, economic, and administrative reforms set forward under the accession of Turkey to
the European Union which was made on 14 April 1987.