Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 39–44
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 () 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 (d. 2026) 30 June – Orhan Boran, standup actor (d. 2012) 16 August – Ara Güler, photographer (d. 2018) 10 October – Leyla Gencer, operatic soprano (d. 2008) 11 October – Yıldız Kenter, theatre actress (d. 2019)
Gallery
See also Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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