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What social traditions did the “Father of the Turks” get rid of during his time as president of Turkey?

the separation of ethnic groups into different villages

the taxation of Christians to pay for Muslim mosques

the teaching of Arabic in government schools

the wearing of the fez by men and veils by women

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He removed Arabic alphabet totally and adopted the Latin (modern) alphabet.

He changed the whole dress code and made wearing hat mandatory instead of fez and veils.

I'm not sure about the first two because those weren't social traditions from the Ottomans.
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