1928: Establishment of Turkish Education Association Educational: 1 November 1928: Adoption of the new Turkish alphabet 1930s Educational: 1931: Establishment of Turkish Historical Society for research on history Educational: 12 July 1932: Establishment of Turkish Language Association for regulating the Turkish language Economic: 1933: The System of Measures (International System of Units) Economic: 1 December 1933: First Five Year Development Plan (planned economy) Educational: 31 May 1933: Regulation of the university education Social: 21 June 1934: Surname Law Social: 26 November 1934: Abolition of titles and by-names Political: 5 December 1934: Full political rights for women to vote and be elected. Political: 5 February 1937: The inclusion of the principle of laïcité (secularism) in the constitution. Economic: 1937: Second Five Year Development Plan (planned economy) See also Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Kemalism History of the Republic of Turkey Timeline of Turkish history References Further reading Bein, Amit. Ottoman Ulema, Turkish Republic: Agents of Change and Guardians of Tradition (2011) Ergin, Murat. "Cultural encounters in the social sciences and humanities: western émigré scholars in Turkey," History of the Human Sciences, Feb 2009, Vol. 22 Issue 1, pp 105–130 Hansen, Craig C. "Are We Doing Theory Ethnocentrically? A Comparison of Modernization Theory and Kemalism," Journal of Developing Societies (0169796X), 1989, Vol. 5 Issue 2, pp 175–187 Hanioglu, M. Sukru. Ataturk: An intellectual biography (2011) Kazancigil, Ali and Ergun Özbudun. Ataturk: Founder of a Modern State (1982) 243pp Ward, Robert, and Dankwart Rustow, eds. Political Modernization in Japan and Turkey (1964). Yavuz, M. Hakan. Islamic Political Identity in Turkey (2003) Zurcher, Erik. Turkey: A Modern History (2004) External links Ministry of National Education and Culture, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus History of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Reform movements History of social movements Articles containing video clips Reform in Turkey Kemalism Economic history of Turkey