1928 in Turkey

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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)

Years in Turkey (1923–present)

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

1928 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Baden Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Prussia Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

1928 in Asia

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

States with limited recognition	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

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	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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