“In another play, he objected to the description of women as ‘an adornment’ and of love as ‘amusement’. ‘This is not how we look at women: they are the foundation of the nation,’ Atatürk wrote in the margin, and again, ‘To think of love as amusement is to devalue it.” FeminismEquality Book:Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey Source: Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
“He then introduced a second, more delicate subject. Not only in villages, but also in towns, he had seen women cover their faces and their eyes as his party passed by. This habit, which caused particular discomfort in the heat of the summer, was, at least to some extent, the result of male selfishness, of scruples for purity. ‘But, friends, our women have minds too.’ So teach them morals and then stop being selfish. ‘Let them show their faces to the world, and see it with their eyes … Don’t be afraid. Change is essential, so much so that, if need be, we are prepared to sacrifice lives for its sake.” FeminismRevolutionTurkish History Book:Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey Source: Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey