1928 in Turkey

List of events

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* 1925
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* 1929
* 1930
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*   *   * 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s

See also:| List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.[1]

## Parliament

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* 3rd Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

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* President – Kemal Atatürk
* Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü

## Ruling party and the main opposition

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

## Cabinet

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* 5th government of Turkey

## Events

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* 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

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* 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

* İsmet İnönü

* Haldun Dormen

* Ara Güler

## See also

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* Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 39–44

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1928 in Europe

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* Albania
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*   *   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   * Czechoslovakia
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*     * Georgian SSR
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*     *     *     * Russian SFSR
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*   * United Kingdom
*   *   *   *   *   * Yugoslavia

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* Åland
* Cyprus
*   * Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

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1928 in Asia

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* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   *   *   *   * Ceylon
* China
*   *   * Egypt
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Japan
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   *   *   * Persia
* Philippines
*   *   *   * Siam
* Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   *   *   *   * Transjordan
* Turkey
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   * North Yemen

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*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   * Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Tibet
* Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

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* Bahrain
* British India
*   * British Malaya
* Brunei
*   *   *   * Cyprus
* Dutch East Indies
* French India
* French Indochina
*   * Kuwait
*   * Mandatory Iraq
* Mandatory Palestine
* Mandatory Syria
* Taiwan

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