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)