^#smrgSAHAF Sultan Abdülmecid: A Milestone on Turkey's Path of Westernization - 2002

The era under Sultan very shaking one with a series of reforms that he introduced to our lives and another series of illnesses that still persist to exist:
* Coming closer with the western world and introduction of the western way of life,
*The first steps taken for women's rights and their general emancipation,
* Introduction of the modern educational system, Modernization of banking and changing our monetary systems,
* Development of human rights and the international law,
* A totality new approach in administration and public relations,
* A new understanding of family life and health care,
* Political enmities, excessive spending, corruption, flict of interests on a global scale, problems in the middle east...
Then, there were the "firsts"...
* The first modern bank
*The first international loan
*The first steamship company
* The first train
* The first country-wide journey
* The firs newspaper
* The first modern palace
* The first State Almanac
* The first opera
* The first theater
* The first ballet...
... and many others...