Figure 1.--This looks to be a first day portarit. The unidentified boys wears the standard blue school smock. The portrait was taken in 1966. The portrait was taken in the resort cityof Abtalya, one of Turkey;s largest cities with a storied history. It's a gateway to Turkey's beautuful southern Mediterranean region, known as the Turquoise Coast. There are archeological remnants remain from the Roman era when it was a major Roman port. /i>

The history of modern Tukey was largely a history of Kemal Ataturk. He was one of the few hero's to emerge as hero from Turkey's participation in World War I. He is named the hero of Galipoli, where British forces in a plan promoted by Winston Churchill tried unsuccessfully to seize the Dardanells so war supplies could be delivered to Russia. After calling national congresses, he was elected President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly in April 1920. From then until his death in 1938, he remained in power in Turkey. In 1934 everyone had to take a surname and Mustafa Kemal received the surname Atatürk which means "Father of the Turks". He proceeded to guide Turkey through a series of fundamental reforms designed to implementation the secularization of Turkish society--the Atatürk Reforms. The Caliphate was abolished in 1924. Western clothes were promoted. The fez was abolished in 1925. Religious brotherhoods were supressed in 1925. A civil law code was adopted in 1926. The Latin alphabet was introduced in 1928. Women were made eligible to vote in elections and to become members of Parliament in 1934. A major undertaking was abolition of Medrases, unification of education, renovations of school programs according to contemporary and national needs, opening of new universities. A solar calendar was adopted and Moslem holy day of the week, Friday was changed into a weekday with Sunday becoming the official day of rest. at some pont, Turkish authorities adopted blue smocks, often with white collars as the uniform for primary children. We are not sure just when, but notice children wearing these smocks by the 1950s. Blue socks were worn by Turkih school children for the rest of the century. The urkish National Education Ministry (MEB) finally ended a mandtory school uniform requirement. The cabinet decision, which regulates the procedures and the bases of the new dress code in public and private schools was published in the Official Gazette (2012). The children were allowed to wear everyday attire, but MEB mandated a new dress code. New rules were intriduced. MEB forbid tights, short pants, sleeveless tops, mini skirts, transparent and torn outfits, accessories and outfits depicting political messages, make-up, bearda, mustachea and dyed hair. Girls will be allowed to wear a headscarf in the elective Quran classes. Uniforms were allowed in private schools if more than 60 percent of the parents appriove. Students were allowed to wear their uniforms in the 2013-2014 school year. ["Turkey abolishes"]

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