et ▁ İ ş ler i ▁Ba ş kan l ı ğ ı ▁( Pres iden cy ▁for ▁Relig ious ▁Affairs ) ▁were ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁National ▁Education . ▁ ▁Second , ▁the ▁money ▁allocated ▁to ▁schools ▁and ▁med res es ▁from ▁the ▁budget ▁of ▁the ▁Di yan et ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁education ▁budget . ▁ ▁Third , ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁had ▁to ▁open ▁a ▁religious ▁fac ulty ▁for ▁training ▁higher ▁religious ▁exper ts ▁within ▁the ▁system ▁of ▁higher ▁education , ▁and ▁separate ▁schools ▁for ▁training ▁im ams ▁and ▁h ati ps . ▁ ▁Im pro ving ▁liter acy ▁ ▁The ▁liter acy ▁movement ▁aim ed ▁adult ▁education ▁for ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁forming ▁a ▁skill ▁base ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁Turkish ▁women ▁were ▁taught ▁not ▁only ▁child ▁care , ▁dress - making ▁and ▁household ▁management , ▁but ▁also ▁skills ▁needed ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁economy ▁outside ▁the ▁home . ▁ ▁New ▁alphabet ▁▁ ▁The ▁ad option ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁script ▁and ▁the ▁p urg ing ▁of ▁foreign ▁loan ▁words ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁At at ür k ' s ▁program ▁of ▁modern ization . ▁The ▁two ▁important ▁features ▁were ▁sought , ▁which ▁were ▁the ▁dem ocrat ization ▁and ▁activ ate ▁sec ular ism . ▁ ▁Turkish ▁had ▁been ▁written ▁using ▁a ▁Turkish ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁Pers o - A rab ic ▁script ▁for ▁a ▁thousand ▁years . ▁It ▁was ▁well ▁su ited ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Turkish ▁voc ab ul ary ▁that ▁incorpor ated ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁Arab ic