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HISTORY. Turkey became a republic on 29 Oct. 1923. (For the transition from the Ottoman Empire see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1991–92, p. 1210). Religious courts were abolished in 1924, Islam ceased to be the official state religion in 1928, women were given the franchise and western-style surnames were adopted in 1934.
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Hunter, B. (1995). Turkey. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271241_180
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