Ghandi and Kemal

Compare and contrast Mustafa Kemal with Mohandas Gandhi, explain their similarities and differences. In 1918, the Ottoman Turks were already independent, and consequently the allies (the United States, Great Britain, and France) wanted to make them pay. They were going to divide the Turkish territory among themselves. These were the conditions in Turkey at the time. The Turks’ feelings about being split up between the allies and the Greeks were very simple. Obviously they didn’t …

…good with evil, not evil with evil. His basic idea was practicing civil disobedience and passive resistance requires tremendous amount of faith. Mustafa Kemal and Mohandas Gandhi were very much alike in all basic ways. They both tried to better their environment, the way of living at the time, and enforce and establish new ideas and concepts for the betterment of their nation. They were both good people trying to help the people around them.