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Turkish Hearths
Non governmental organization in Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Turkish Hearths (Turkish: Türk Ocakları) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Turkey. It was founded in 1912, during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, in a period when almost all non-Turkish elements had their own national committees, and Turkish Hearths was founded as a Turkish national committee.
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Founded | 1912, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
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Type | Turkish cultural group |
Legal status | Independent (1912–1927) part of Republican People's Party (after 1927) |
Purpose | To spread and develop Turkish culture and language and to modernize Turkey |
Headquarters | Istanbul Ankara (after 1927) |
Leader | Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver |
Affiliations | Republican People's Party |
Website | https://www.turkocaklari.org.tr/ |
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