Surname Law

What happened

The Surname Law ( Turkish : Soyadı Kanunu ) of the Republic of Turkey is a law adopted on 21 June 1934, requiring all citizens to adopt the use of fixed, hereditary surnames . The concept of surnames originated in the Ottoman Empire as families began to adopt surnames after improvements were made to population registries and censuses, a practice that accelerated as growing secularization and modernization efforts re…

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