"TÜRKİYE’Yİ LAİKLEŞTİREN YASALAR 3 MART 1924 TARİHLİ YASALARIN KABULÜNÜN 100. YILI” ADLI ESERİN TANITIM, TAHLİL VE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

In this study, the introduction, analysis, and evaluation of the work titled "The Laws that Secularized Turkey: The 100th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Laws of March 3, 1924" have been made. The stages through which the institution of the caliphate passed, from its establishment to its abolition, have been examined. The changes in the institution of the caliphate from the era of the Four Caliphs onwards have been emphasized. The establishment and developments of the General Staff and the Presidency of Religious Affairs have been addressed by the authors. The acceptance of the Law of Unification of Education and the secularization movements during Atatürk’s era have been analyzed. In the study, which consists of six main sections, each part has been analyzed and evaluated. Throughout the study, it is emphasized that the institution of the caliphate was an empty institution. It is also emphasized that Atatürk was tolerant toward religion and that the adoption of the laws of March 3, 1924, was aimed at modernizing the Republic of Turkey.