Türk Dil Kurumu | |
![]() Logo of the Turkish Language Association | |
Abbreviation | TDK |
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Formation | July 12, 1932 |
Purpose | Regulatory body of the Turkish language |
Headquarters | Atatürk 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] |
Website | www |
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.