Discussions in the Parlıament on the Bill of Amasya Parliament Member Ömer Lütfi Bey on “The Use of the Turkish Language in All Companies” Within The scope of the Parliamentary Studies

Religios, political, social and cultural relations have been established with the Islamic World in the nearby geography during the Anatolian Principalities and later in the Ottoman Empire. As a result of these established and developed relationships, the Arabic and Persian languages used in this environment have had an impact on the Turkish Language. In order to remove the influence of these languages on the Turkish Language, some measures were taken both by the statesmen during the principalities and the Ottoman period. On the other hand, especially the increase in commercial relations with the western world caused the languages of the western states to be used and spoken in the Ottoman country. All agreements, communication and proceses with these foreign companies were made with their native language. The written documents based on the bilateral agreements and prepared only in foreign language caused a lot of problems in bureauracy. The items in the agreements were misunderstood and it lead foreign companies to use these misunderstandings on their own benefits. It was decided to write one copy of the agreements in foreign language and the other copy in Turkish language to prevent these misunderstandings. Later on, in 1916, a law was announced that all agreements and processes with the privilaged and unprivilaged companies had to be written in Turkish. The issue was brought to the agenda of the Turkish Grand Assembly. In this Study, it is aimed to give information about the discussions performed in Turkish Grand Assembly about the Bill of Amasya member of Parliament Ömer Lütfi Bey on “ using Turkish Language in all companies”.

Keywords

Ömer Lütfi Bey, Turkish Language, Law Offer, TBMM, Amasya Member of Parliament.