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- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey abstract "Geographical name changes in Turkey have taken place in bulk since 1913 until the present day periodically by successive Turkish governments and are called collectively the geographical name change program of Turkey. To strengthen the first official language thousands of names within the Turkish Republic or the Ottoman Empire have lost or departed from their popular or historic alternatives in favour of recognisably Turkish names, as part of a policy of Turkification. Reforms implementing the policies have made out an argument that such names are foreign and/or divisive against Turkish unity. The names that were considered foreign were usually of Armenian, Greek, Laz, Georgian, Bulgarian, Kurdish, Assyrian, or Arabic origin. In the early decades of the 21st century Turkey has been negotiating for membership of the European Union and this has decreased the incidence of such changes from local, and particularly central government who have in a small minority of cases by legislation restored the names of certain villages (primarily those housing Kurdish minorities). Places names that have formally changed in Turkey frequently persist in local dialects and languages, oral, and in some cases written, throughout the ethnically diverse country. The policy commenced during the final years of the Ottoman Empire and continued into the Turkish Republic. Under the Kemalist oriented government, specialized governmental commissions were created for the purpose of changing names. Approximately 28,000 topographic names were changed, which included 12, 211 village and town names and 4,000 mountain, river, and other topographic names. Most name changes occurred in the eastern regions of the country where minorities used to or continuously inhabit. Policies at times included that of banning the use of foreign names that were considered divisive and inappropriate.For changes throughout Turkey's recorded history before 1913 see individual geographical articles such as Istanbul.".
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- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey subject Category:Discrimination_in_Turkey.
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey subject Category:Geography.
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey subject Category:Geography_of_Turkey.
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey subject Category:Turkish_culture.
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey subject Category:Turkish_society.
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey comment "Geographical name changes in Turkey have taken place in bulk since 1913 until the present day periodically by successive Turkish governments and are called collectively the geographical name change program of Turkey. To strengthen the first official language thousands of names within the Turkish Republic or the Ottoman Empire have lost or departed from their popular or historic alternatives in favour of recognisably Turkish names, as part of a policy of Turkification.".
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey label "Geographical name changes in Turkey".
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey label "Türkisierung geographischer Namen".
- Geographical_name_changes_in_Turkey label "Список переименованных городов на территории Турции".
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