Turkish Language Association

Turkish Language Association
Türk Dil Kurumu
AbbreviationTDK
FormationJuly 12, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-07-12)
PurposeRegulatory body of the Turkish language
HeadquartersAtatürk Boulevard No.: 217, Çankaya, 0668 Ankara, Turkey
Official language
Turkish
President
Osman Mert[1]
Key people
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Sâmih Rif'at (Yalnızgil)
Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın
Celâl Sahir Erozan
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu[2]
Websitewww.tdk.gov.tr

The Turkish Language Association (Turkish: Türk Dil Kurumu, TDK) is the regulatory body for the Turkish language, founded on 12 July 1932 by the initiative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. The Institution acts as the official authority on the language, contributes to linguistic research on Turkish and other Turkic languages, and is charged with publishing the official dictionary of the language, Güncel Türkçe Sözlük.

  1. ^ "Türk Dil Kurumu Başkanı". TDK Official (in Turkish). Turkish Language Association.
  2. ^ "Türk Dil Kurumu - Başkanlar". TDK Official (in Turkish). Çankaya, Ankara: Turkish Language Association. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.