 On September 22, 1932, he was invited as a linguist to the First Turkish Language Congress held in Dolmabahçe Palace supervised by Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey, together with two other linguists of Armenian ethnicity, İstepan Gurdikyan and Kevork Simkeşyan.He continued his work and research on the Turkish language as the head specialist and Secretary General of the newly founded Turkish Language Association in Ankara.Following the issue of the Law on Family Names in 1934, Mustafa Kemal Pasha suggested him the surname "Dilaçar" (literally meaning "language opener"), which he gladly accepted.