Dear Rachel,
Turkey has changed a lot since WWI. This is when the Ottoman Empire fell. Then we got a new president, Mustafa Kemal or Kemal Ataturk. Ataturk means “Father of the Turks”. He made many changes to Turkey. For almost a century the men wore a hat called the fez. Fezzes have no brim and it makes it easier to touch your head to the ground in prayer. When Ataturk became president after WWI he told all Turks they must wear hats with brims. To make sure nobody wore the fez, he made a law against them. Women also had changes to their clothing. Before Kemal, women wore veils to hide their faces in public places. Kemal said these veils could not be worn. He also wanted women to participate in the government. They were allowed to go to school and vote. Imagine that! Ataturk insisted Turkey needed to modernize. He moved our capitol from Istanbul to Ankara, introduced a new alphabet, and showed us Western Clothing. After Kemal’s death in 1938, Turkey became a republic. Now Turkey is a modern country and Kemal helped make it one.
Your friend,
Colleen 
This is a fez like the ones we wear in Turky.
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