Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal (aka: Ataturk) modernized Turkey by introducing European Hats instead of wearing the fez, the women used to wear veils, the citizens took surnames and they also introduced the western calender instead of using the Islamic calendar. Secular means pertaining to worldly things or to thing that are not reguardede as religious,spritual or sacred.