1928 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Cabinet

Events

  • 3 February – First hutbe in Turkish
  • 10 April – State declared secular. ( see Secularism in Turkey)
  • 31 March – Earthquake around Torbalı (west Anatolia)
  • 23 May – Turkish citizenship law
  • 28 June – Nation schools (Turkish: Millet mektebi) a project to increase the literacy rate
  • 26 June – An academic committee to research on the adoptation of Latin alphabet to Turkish language
  • 9 August – Kemal Atatürk announced that Turkish alphabet (a version of Latin alphabet, devoid of q, w and x and with the addition of ç, ş, ğ, ı, ö and ü) will replace the traditional Arabic alphabet in Turkish language. This is considered as a major step in the modernization of Turkey)
  • 3 November: Latin alphabet adopted.
  • 1 December: Latin alphabet law takes effect.
  • 10 December – Surname law (up to 1928 people had no surnames and instead of surnames their place of birth was in use)

Births

Gallery

  • Kemal Atatürk
    Kemal Atatürk
  • İsmet İnönü
    İsmet İnönü
  • Haldun Dormen
    Haldun Dormen
  • Ara Güler
    Ara Güler

See also

References

  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 39–44