Events in the year 1928 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party –Republican People’s Party (CHP)
5th government of Turkey
3 February – First hutbe in Turkish
10 April – An amendment in constitution to change the religious terminology to secular terminology ( 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)
10 December – Surname law (up to 1928 people had no surnames and instead of surnames their place of birth was in use)
5 April - Haldun Dormen, theatre actor
30 June - Orhan Boran, standup actor
16 August - Ara Güler, photographer
11 October - Yıldız Kenter, theatre actress
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