1928 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
- President – Kemal Atatürk
- Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 3 February – First hutbe in Turkish
- 10 April – An amendment in constitution to change the religious terminology to secular terminology ( 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)
- 10 December – Surname law (up to 1928 people had no surnames and instead of surnames their place of birth was in use)
Births
- 6 January – İsmet Sezgin, politician (d. 2016)
- 5 April – Haldun Dormen, theatre actor
- 30 June – Orhan Boran, standup actor
- 16 August – Ara Güler, photographer
- 11 October – Yıldız Kenter, theatre actress
Gallery
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Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Haldun Dormen
Ara Güler
See also
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 39–44
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