Agop Dilaçar

Agop Martayan Dilâçar ( May 22nd, 1895 in İstanbul, † September 12, 1979 ) was a Turkish professor and turkologist Armenian origin. From 1934 until his death he was Secretary of State Türk Dil Kurumu ( Turkish Language Council ) and from 1941 to 1960 editor in chief of the Turkish Encyclopedia.

Origin of the name

He received the name " Dilâçar " as nickname of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, for his contributions to the Turkish language. " Dilâçar " is a title of honor and means something like " Key of the language ".

Life

Agop Martayan Dilâçar attended the prestigious Robert College in Istanbul in his youth. During his studies he was active as a teacher of Armenian language and published in Armenian newspapers. After graduation, he served as an officer in the 2nd Army in Diyarbakir. He was honored for his bravery. In Damascus, he was introduced to Mustafa Kemal Pasha ( Atatürk ), who was then commander of the 7th Army. Atatürk shows to be quite impressed by the intelligence and loyalty of the young Armenian.

After the end of his service, he worked in Beirut as director of an Armenian school. At the same time he was editor of the first Armenian newspaper in Lebanon ( Luys ). He returned to Istanbul and from there to break with his wife Meline to Sofia, where he teaches at the local university Old Turkish and Uyghur.

Atatürk was 1932 again carefully an article by Agop Dilâçar in the Armenian newspaper " Arevelk " on him. Atatürk was planning at the time the renewal of the Turkish language. He invited him to a conference on the renewal of the Turkish language to Istanbul. Then Agop Dilâçar became the first Secretary-General and Chief Expert of the Turkish Language Institute " Türk Dil Kurumu " and settled in Ankara.

Merits

Dilâçar taught as a professor of Turkish studies at the University of Ankara, he wrote several important works for the Turkish language. He is considered a key employee at the Turkish language reform, who also present scientific reputation

Works

  • Azeri Turkish ( 1950)
  • Western Turkish (1953 )
  • The Pattern in the spreading of the Dialects, The Classification of the Turkish Dialects (1954 )
  • Turkish Language as a State Language ( 1962)
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