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Legal Transformation
"We must liberate our concepts of justice,
our laws and legal institutions from the bonds which hold a tight grip on us
although they are incompatible with the needs of our century."
Between 1926 and 1930, the Turkish Republic achieved a legal
transformation which might have required decades in most other countries.
Religious laws were abolished, and a secular system of jurisprudence introduced.
The concepts, the texts and contexts of the laws were made harmonious with the
progressive thrust of Atatürk's Turkey.
" The nation", Atatürk said, " has placed its faith in the precept
that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact
of national life."Among the far-reaching changes were the new Civil Code, Penal
Code, and Business Law, based on the Swiss, Italian and German models
respectively.
The new legal system made all citizens - men and women, rich and
poor - equal before the law. It gave Turkey a firm foundation for a society of
justice and equal rights. | 
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