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❧ Why did Kemal Ataturk reform Turkey from a traditional Khilafat state to a nation-state on the lines of a modern European state?

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Kemal was convinced that Turkey needed to become a modern nation. He believed that if the Turkish people continued to follow their traditions, they would again be attacked by another western power.

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