1928 in Turkey
List of events
| |||||
Centuries: |
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Decades: |
| ||||
See also: | List of years in Turkey |
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 – 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
- v
- t
- e
- Pre-1923
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025