"Citizen Speak Turkish" campaigns which were organized during Atatürk's era

Common use of Turkish language whole over the country was specific nationalization step for newly established republican regime. Unity in language was a special concept in order to strenghten the citizenship bond in 1930's Turkey. Campaigns that were began on 13 January 1928 identified with the "Citizen Speak Turkish" catchword. These campaigns become the symbol of Turkish language movements. Citizenship definition and the effort were made in order to common use of Turkish language themes were tightly correlated. Citizens were active parts of republican regime. For fulfill the obligations of citizenship bond, spread of official language were one of the main requirements in 1930s. The demand for learning, speaking and spreading the Turkish language was not only about functional dimension. At the same time, with this demand, constitute the natioanal unity and solidarity was also set as a goal. In order to spead Turkish language whole over the country either encouraging or compelling attempts were made. Not all steps of language policy were initiated or controlled by government during these "Citizen Speak Turkish" campaigns. Yet, spread of official language paved the way strenghten the citizenship bond and this outcome served the purpose of government. In this study, we put emphasis on attempts which targeted Turkish language became common in minority groups and speak Turkish language impeccably by people whose mother tongue is Turkish. Stance of the press, political and social precipitating factors for "Citizen Speak Turkish Campaigns" were used in order to develop thematic point of view.