Compare and contrast the reactions of the turks and iranians to modernization. how were they different? what factors did they have in common?

Both countries were able to modernize albeit at different times in history, with the changes being led by the indigenous elite and not by external western forces.

Explanation:

Both Turkey and Iran have common factors. They were both Muslims countries and both the countries were the few who remained Independent and were not colonized by the West.

Hence, all modernization was led by factions within the society.

However, things turned out to be slightly different. Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk was an autocratic but believed that he was paving the way for democracy.

On the other hand, Iran's leader Reza Shah Pahvali become an increasingly automatic leader who did not believe in democracy.

Turkey gradually became a 'Military democracy' where elections were held, but the Army held a lot of power to influence internal and external politics.

Iran became a theocracy which also has a powerful army.

What is common now in both countries is how the kemalist and and Islamic policies are increasingly under attack by a new wave of young people.

here are some major conflicts i found. maybe pick one and do more research on it. (cause i ain't writing 6 paragraphs)

in 1877, the nez perce war took place.

1881 - president james garfield was assassinated.

1882 - the chinese exclusion act was passed.

1883 - a decision in the civil rights cases legalized racial segregation in the united states.

1887 - the dawes act was passed.

1893 - the panic of 1893 took place. (what a creative name)

and there are probably other topics you can find if you just search up "united states timeline," or "conflicts in the 19th century for america."

then once you find a topic you like find out how it affected the people of america and what not. (sorry if this feels a bit short changed, history was and never will be one of my strong topics)

can we see the cartoon?