Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey

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Statue depicting Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey declaring Turkish as the official language of the state and all its institutions.
Statue depicting Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey declaring Turkish as the official language of the state and all its institutions.

Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey was the 3rd ruler of the beylik of Karamanoğlu. He was renowned for declaring Turkish language as the official language of the state. In his ferman dated 13 May 1277, he ordered : "Starting from today, in dervish content, in council, in the palace, in parliament and in squares, no language other than Turkish is allowed."[1] Before him, Seljuk elites in Anatolia was using Persian in literature and Arabic in government issues and science. But, Turkish people were not able to understand these foreign languages. Although his ferman did not become successful, it is very important because for the first time in Anatolian history, Turkish became the official language.

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  1. ^ Karaman - Larende web portal (Turkish)


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