Turkish Language Reform

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:adoptedScript gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:country gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:effect increased literacy rate in Turkey
purified Turkish vocabulary
reduced use of Arabic and Persian words
simplified Turkish grammar
gptkbp:goal increase literacy
modernize Turkish language
remove Arabic and Persian loanwords
replace Ottoman Turkish script with Latin alphabet
gptkbp:historicalName transition from Ottoman Empire to Republic of Turkey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Turkish Language Reform
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:Turkish_Language_Association
gptkbp:influencedBy language reforms in other countries
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk
gptkbp:notableEvent establishment of Turkish Language Association in 1932
adoption of new Turkish alphabet in 1928
gptkbp:opposedBy traditionalists
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Turkish_alphabet
gptkb:Atatürk's_Reforms
gptkb:Turkish_Language_Association
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Ottoman_Turkish_script
gptkbp:significance major cultural transformation in Turkey
gptkbp:startDate 1928
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Republican_People's_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Turkish_(Turkey)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6