Karaman is the first Anatolian town that declared Turkish as its official language in 1277 AD during the times of Karamanogullari period, in order to establish Turkish unity in Anatolia. Today, every May 13th is celebrated as Language Day in this province, the anniversary of the declaration. More @Wikipedia
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