 Atatürk'ün Dil Reformu
ATATÜRK’S LANGUAGE REFORM Please, close your eyes and imagine. Think that if Atatürk hadnt changed our language! Do you think we could have the same opportunities we have today and would you have a bright future? I dont think so... By Atatürks magnificent intelligence and his great talent to foresee the future, Turks started to live with their own language.As you can guess, Atatürk strived a lot to give the Turkish language as a gift to the turkish public. We will tell our heros efforts and Turkish languages history step by step. For thousand of years Turks used to claim Ottoman Turkish and Arabic Alphabet. Three languages were put together and Ottoman Turkish was formed. These three languages were Arabic, Persian language and pure Turkish. So Turkish started to disappear day by day. On the other hand, this alphabet came into force by Islams acceptance.It wasnt suitable for the Turkish language which is rich in vowels. Also printing something in the old Arabic Alphabet was a big problem in those days, because there were six hundred and twelve different characters in Arabic Alphabet. The average Turkish citizen couldnt read or write easily.It made a big difference between the average citizens and the educated people. So naturally, rich classes were the privileged ones. From this point of view, Atatürk thought that the Turkish people must have a language which is special for literature and science, like other modern countries.The alphabet which would be chosen must be suitable for Turkish language and must be easy to learn.At the same time it musnt have characters more than necessary. Thus all kinds of books could be published, as a result the countrys culture could rise. However there were some who were doubtful about the proposed reform. They thought it would be very difficult to translate all the past and print them again. Accordingly, it would hold up the development of public education. Besides, people who had already finished school had to learn everything again. In spite of all these negative ideas, Atatürk believed in the necessity of changing the alphabet and as a matter of fact on November 1st 1928 it was put into effect at the end of the voting in Turkish Parliament. The alphabet which was accepted, has been the most suitable one for the requiring properties, it consists of twenty-nine letters; eight vowels and twenty-one consonants. Now it was the time to apply this new language. Atatürk asked the experts, " How long would it take? " Most of them replied: " At least five years. " " We shall do it, " Atatürk said, " within five months. " After that the campaign for education became more organised and evening classes were opened for workers. Improvised classes were started in many places and attended by children and elderly people. Also Atatürk joined these organizations. He carried his blackboard everywhere and he taught the new alphabet himself.Since than people called him the " Teacher Chief " As a result of all these efforts up to 1937, eighty-five percent of people learnt this alphabet very well . We are thankful to Atatürk for Latin alphabet. Turkey is the only modern country among Islamic countries.
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