The law on headdress and regulations on dressing in the turkish modernization

In the period of Turkish Republic, there was a need for an idea on which the fact of modernization would be based in order to put into effect this modernization carried out under Ataturk’s leadership as well as a mass leading this modernization process and the institutions that would be tasked with orienting the changes to the society. The Ottoman Empire, which dealt with the wars in the first quarter of the century and collapsed in the economic and political areas, was replaced by a Republic. To unify the manpower of this young Republic around a common aim, some decisions were taken in order to carry out significant social, cultural and legal changes in the society as the continuation of the determination displayed in political plan. In this paper, I will try to discuss the meaning and the process in the Turkish modernization of the Law on Headdress as one of the most important changes in the social plan and the following regulations on dressing.

Hat Reform ,

Law On Headdress ,

Turkish Modernization ,

Turkish Republic ,

Regulations On Dressing ,