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Socıal, Educatıonal, Polıtıcal, Economıc And Other Developments Occurred In Turkey Between The Years Of 1923-1938
Alev DURAN, Zafer TANGÜLÜ, Implementatıon Of Alphabet And Language Revolutıon And It’s Potentıal Impacts In Hıstorıcal Process, Socıal, Educatıonal, Polıtıcal, Economıc And Other Developments Occurred In Turkey Between The Years Of 1923-1938, (Ed. Özkan Akman ve Diğerleri), İsres Publishing, December 2018. s. 126-138. Turks used different alphabets throughout history, they started to use the Arabic alphabet with the adoption of Islam and this alphabet has been used in a very wide geography for a long time. During this period, some important intellectuals in the Turkish world argued that the Arabic alphabet was not in accordance with the Turkish phonetics, and suggested various ideas to change or improve. Towards the end of growth of the Ottoman Empire, as in many areas of the West, the developments in science-technology and education could not be followed and the education continued in the hands of non-qualified people caused the Ottoman education system to be deprived of the requirements of time. Although some western-style reforms have been attempted in education since the end of the eighteenth century, these initiatives have led to the emergence of a dual educational system and have continued to do so until the state collapses. After winning the War of Independence and proclamation of the Republic, reforms were initiated in various fields in order to bring the Turkish society to the level of contemporary civilization, to remove the obstacles against the progress of the country and to create a secular and national structure. Innovations in the field of education, one of them, have become inevitable. For this purpose, fundamental changes in all areas of education and training have been made from primary school term to university term in Ataturk period. This revolution movements improved the status of education as both quantity and quality as well as Atatürk wished formed the foundation stone of the new Turkey.
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