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    Was Turkey’s attempt for modernization a disguise for de-islamization?: between 1920-1940
    (Bilkent University, 2021) Özeren, Çağla Burcu; Abbas, Muhammad Zain; İjaz, Qandeel; Ahmad, Mirza Usama; Nafae, Abdul; Ali, Mahed
    Whether Turkey's search for modernity and attempts at Westernization led to de-Islamization or not is a huge debate. Events that are relevant to the scope of the research cover the period between the beginning of the 1920s until the end of the 1930s. The aim is to unfold the policies and reforms made by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - as the president of the Turkish Republic - and the extent of their effect on the deIslamization of Turkey. The relation between modernization and de-Islamization in Turkey is based on various factors consisting of the idea of secularism, education, power of women, changes in the lifestyle of the people, and suppression of Islamic practices. It is important to recognize the influence of modernization attempts on the pre-existing ideologies of Islam and the way of living in Turkey. In order to assess the effect of the modernization attempts in Turkey on Islam through different perspectives, this study will also take the approach of comparing the situation through the eyes of the western and eastern media.