▁Turkish ▁language ▁and ▁history , ▁during ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 3 1 – 2 . ▁Ada pt ation ▁of ▁technical ▁voc ab ul ary ▁was ▁another ▁step ▁of ▁modern ization , ▁which ▁was ▁tried ▁thoroughly . ▁Non - techn ical ▁Turkish ▁was ▁vern ac ular ized ▁and ▁simplified ▁on ▁the ▁ground ▁that ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁Turkish ▁people ▁should ▁be ▁compreh ens ible ▁by ▁the ▁people . ▁A ▁good ▁example ▁is ▁the ▁Turkish ▁word ▁" B il g is ay ar " ▁( bil gi ▁= ▁" information ", ▁say ar ▁= ▁" counter "), ▁which ▁was ▁adapted ▁for ▁the ▁word ▁" Comput er ". ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁president ▁of ▁Turkey , ▁ İ s met ▁ İ n ön ü ▁explained ▁the ▁reason ▁behind ▁adopt ing ▁a ▁Latin ▁script : ▁" The ▁alphabet ▁reform ▁cannot ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁ease ▁of ▁reading ▁and ▁writing . ▁That ▁was ▁the ▁mot ive ▁of ▁En ver ▁P asha . ▁For ▁us , ▁the ▁big ▁impact ▁and ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁alphabet ▁reform ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁e ased ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁cultural ▁reform . ▁We ▁in ev it ably ▁lost ▁our ▁connection ▁with ▁Arab ic ▁culture ." ▁ ▁The ▁alphabet ' s ▁introduction ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁historian ▁Bernard ▁Lewis ▁as ▁" not ▁so ▁much ▁practical ▁as ▁ped agog ical , ▁as ▁social ▁and ▁cultural ▁– ▁and ▁Must af a ▁K em al , ▁in ▁forcing ▁his ▁people ▁to ▁accept ▁it , ▁was ▁sl am ming ▁a ▁door ▁on ▁the ▁past ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁opening ▁a ▁door