1928 in Turkey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party â Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 3 February â First hutbe in Turkish
- 10 April â State declared secular. ( see Secularism in Turkey)
- 31 March â Earthquake around Torbalı (west Anatolia)
- 23 May â Turkish citizenship law
- 28 June â Nation schools (Turkish: Millet mektebi) a project to increase the literacy rate
- 26 June â An academic committee to research on the adoptation of Latin alphabet to Turkish language
- 9 August â Kemal Atatürk announced that Turkish alphabet (a version of Latin alphabet, devoid of q, w and x and with the addition of ç, Å, Ä, 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 â Surname law (up to 1928 people had no surnames and instead of surnames their place of birth was in use)
Births
- 6 January â Ä°smet Sezgin, politician (d. 2016)
- 28 February â Kuzgun Acar, sculptor (d. 1976)
- 5 April â Haldun Dormen, theatre actor (d. 2026)
- 30 June â Orhan Boran, standup actor (d. 2012)
- 16 August â Ara Güler, photographer (d. 2018)
- 10 October â Leyla Gencer, operatic soprano (d. 2008)
- 11 October â Yıldız Kenter, theatre actress (d. 2019)
Gallery
Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Haldun Dormen
Ara Güler
.jpg)
