Posted by Sarah on 5/17/2005, 7:58 am, in reply to "Re: surname history - when, where?" --Previous Message--
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So what if non-muslems were given turkic last names? Is it possible to find out what there names were before then?
: Lastnames became a legal requirement in 1934.
: However, most, if not all, non-Moslem
: citizens of Turkey, and of the Ottoman
: Empire before then, had always had
: lastnames. The legal requirement was
: intended mostly for the Moslems.
:
: Aydin
:
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