1928 in Turkey

← 1927 1926 1925 1928 in Turkey → 1929 1930 1931
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 3rd Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Kemal Atatürk
• Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet

• 5th government of Turkey

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

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  Kemal Atatürk
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Haldun Dormen
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  Ara Güler

See also

• Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics