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Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
 
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
- 6 January – İsmet Sezgin, politician (d. 2016)
 - 28 February – Kuzgun Acar, sculptor (d. 1976)
 - 5 April – Haldun Dormen, theatre actor
 - 30 June – Orhan Boran, standup actor
 - 16 August – Ara Güler, photographer
 - 10 October – Leyla Gencer, operatic soprano (d. 2008)
 - 11 October – Yıldız Kenter, theatre actress
 
Gallery
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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