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I'm beginning to research various topics related to major economical and social reforms and Ataturk is one of the historical figures i'm interested in. In all honesty I know very little about him and of Turkey's post WWI history but a number of my readings have pointed me towards all the changes Turkey went through after the Ottoman empire and how Kemal was the key figure on all of it.
I wanted to see if anyone could point me into some good introductory literature about the topic. I'm not so much interested in a biography about him as much as I'm on what he and his administration did to identify the areas that needed reform, getting the people's support, dealing with religious opposition to creating a secular state...
Again, thanks and sorry if this isn't the right place
There is absolutely a lot of literature out there on Ataturk and the creation of modern Turkey. It's a topic that has a lot of biases built in, though, since it functions as a myth of national creation in Turkey. (I don't use the word "myth" pejoratively - I'm from the United States, and we do similar things with the Pilgrims and George Washington and the Constitution and Abraham Lincoln, etc. The importance of these things to understanding where we came from and who we are today can unintentionally give us a skewed view of history.) Recent histories have sought to complicate the history of Kemalist reforms.
I would suggest Gavin D. Brockett's How Happy to Call Oneself a Turk, which may help to dispel some common misconceptions and exaggerations of Kemalist successes before you come across them.
You might also check out Justin McCarthy's The Ottoman Peoples and the End of Empire, which covers the 19th and early 20th centuries. It's quite good, and especially notable for its interesting demographic analysis.
The classic work is The Emergence of Modern Turkey by Bernard Lewis. I feel that I must mention it, because it's exactly what you're looking for, but it's generally considered to be out of date and problematic. I'd be wary of it - if you're going to read it, read it after Brockett or McCarthy or someone else current.
Hopefully others will have more and better suggestions, but I hope that at least gives you a place to start!