ATATURK, father of modern turkey in his book , 'viewed Islam as a major factor holding back Turkey's progress'.he sought to banish islam as a political and social force from the public sphere, though of course the vast majority of the population remained muslims by religion.fot ataturk , westernisation and modernisation went hand in hand . And,indeed turkey achieved great sucess -arguably more than anyother muslim -majority state in the world- in building democracy, maintaining stability and moving forward economically.for rough comparison a turk is 7 times richer than a pakistani
