History of Turkey
The History of Turkey is diverse. By diverse it means, it borrows mainly from elements of West Asia, Central Asia, Eastern part of Europe, and a few Caucasian traditions. All these unique cultures and traditions that form the history of Turkey were joined together by the Ottoman Empire. Under the leadership of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey became a multi-ethnic and a multi-regional state. Since then, Turkey has remained a state that incorporates more than one culture with a diverse history. To develop to a republic and become an independent nation, the republican parliament of 1922 had to overthrow the then leader of the Ottoman empire. Sultan Mehmet 6 of the Vahdettin was defeated by the Republican Parliament to give rise to the Republic of Turkey in the year 1922. The new regime of Turkey republic leadership headed by Mustafa Kemal was elected the first president. A lot of changes happened during the period. The Ottoman dynasty was expelled from Turkey. Other changes that occured during the same period include the abolishment of the Caliphate and the adoption of a full republican constitution. The foundation and the formation of the Turkish republic influenced a lot of events in the 19th century. 1923 became a default meeting point between the Ottoman empire and the current history. In this four-page analysis, the focus is to identify how the Turkish state and its foundation influenced a lot of happenings during the 19th century.
Below is an analysis of the Turkey Republic influence on the current history and that of the 19th century.
Hoe Turkish state formation influenced history in the 19th century and effects on modern Turkey history
Firstly, the adoption of the republican constitution, religiously ensured that Islam was retained at the states religion. The retention of Islam as the main religion seemed like the nation had failed to recognize the need to protect the three major non-Muslim communities within the state. The groups consisted of Greeks, Armenians and Jews. The Lausanne framework recognized the same groups as the country’s minority populations. The smaller churches of the Eastern part including Assyrians felt neglected by the Republican constitution. Pressure continued to pile, Republicans decided to change the reloigilo.us clause of the constitution. In the year 1928 April, the religious clause was removed and following the outcry Turkey officially became a purely secular republic. As analyzed in the above paragraph religion in Turkey was one of the most affected issues during the formation of the Republic of Turkey. Since the 19th century Turkey has remained a secular republic, however the population is dominated by Muslims. 90% of the overall population of Turkey is Muslim. The fact that the population is Muslim dominated but it is considered a secular republic, it is proof that the 19th century foundation influenced a lot of the current history of Turkey.
Another key part of Turkey’s history influenced by the happening of the 19th century is the existence of political governance in Turkey. The main instrument of leadership in Turkey’s governance was the assembly. It is through the assembly that Mustafa Kamal’s will, as the leader of the nation, used to implement policies. The Republican People’s Party dominated the assembly. The Republican People’s Party was dominated by the heavy preponderance of urban professional men. Most of the people in the assembly were officials with university education. The outlook of the assembly did not have any Turkish peasants. The revolution by the government was carried out from the top. Government policies were implemented from the top. The revolution party, however, did not operate without opposition. The first factions which contained the conservatives, a few merchants and the committee for union progress offered the government opposition. There is reason to believe that Mustafa Kamal took care to keep his opponents out of the assembly. The 19th century was dominated by the Republican party, the same has