When was the Latin-Turkish alphabet introduced?

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The Latin-Turkish alphabet was introduced in 1928 and became general throughout Turkey in 1930. It contains 29 letters, of which two vowels (ö and ü) and three consonants (ç, ĝ, and ş) are distinguished by diacritical marks. In one distinction, the dot from i is eliminated (ı) to represent a new sound.