Mustafa Kemal
You may know who Mustafa Kemal is because of many reasons. For one he was the President of Turkey. About one year ago in 1938 Kemel sadly died. Everyone will remember Kemel but they all have their own opinion on his rules that will live on. Some people did not like some of his rules. Like no more wearing fezzes. He wanted everyone to wear “Western” clothing. If you were wondering, a fezz is a cylinder shape hat with a tassel on the top. They wore this while praying and bowing. They wore these particular hats becasue if they had a brim, the brin would hit the floor when they bowed down and knock the hat off. Kemel also passed a ban where women no longer were allowed to wear veils. Of course the men didn’t worry about that and neither do I. Personally I do not care for veils because even though they covered your face it was see through so the other people could see your face anyhow. One of the things that I appreciate is that he gave women rights like men to make them more equal. We will always remember him in many ways.
Your friend,
AlexC
March 5th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Good job Ally, but I would check on the spelling. It’s Kemal not Kemel.
March 13th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
That sounds like an exciting letter to read. I do agree with kim that maybe you do need to check your spelling before you post it because you spelled the title right but you didn’t in the blog. It sounds good that you put in it was his opinion and his idea to go to many other styles. :o)