, ▁which ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁Latin ▁alphabet ." ▁ ▁The ▁explicitly ▁national istic ▁and ▁ide ological ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁alphabet ▁reform ▁was ▁illustrated ▁by ▁the ▁book lets ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁teach ▁the ▁population ▁the ▁new ▁script . ▁It ▁included ▁sample ▁phr ases ▁aim ed ▁at ▁dis cred iting ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁government ▁and ▁inst illing ▁updated ▁" T urk ish " ▁values , ▁such ▁as : ▁" At at ür k ▁al lied ▁himself ▁with ▁the ▁nation ▁and ▁drove ▁the ▁s ult ans ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁hom eland "; ▁" T ax es ▁are ▁spent ▁for ▁the ▁common ▁properties ▁of ▁the ▁nation . ▁Tax ▁is ▁a ▁deb t ▁we ▁need ▁to ▁pay "; ▁" It ▁is ▁the ▁duty ▁of ▁every ▁Turk ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁hom eland ▁against ▁the ▁enemies ." ▁The ▁alphabet ▁reform ▁was ▁promoted ▁as ▁re de em ing ▁the ▁Turkish ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁neglect ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁r ul ers : ▁" S ult ans ▁did ▁not ▁think ▁of ▁the ▁public , ▁Gh azi ▁commander ▁[ At at ür k ] ▁saved ▁the ▁nation ▁from ▁enemies ▁and ▁sla very . ▁And ▁now , ▁he ▁declared ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁ignor ance . ▁He ▁armed ▁the ▁nation ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁Turkish ▁alphabet ." ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁re forms ▁▁ ▁The ▁purs uit ▁of ▁state - control led ▁economic ▁policies ▁by ▁At at ür k ▁and ▁ İ s met ▁ İ n ön ü ▁was ▁gu ided ▁by ▁a ▁national ▁vision : ▁they ▁wanted ▁to ▁kn it ▁the ▁country