The document discusses Turkey adopting the Latin alphabet in 1928 to replace the Arabic script. It summarizes that this was a major change that delayed the reopening of schools until new textbooks could be printed in the new alphabet. It also notes that the new alphabet was taken seriously, with the first periodical printed entirely in the new characters being a humorous weekly magazine. By December 1928, all newspapers were compelled to switch to the new alphabet or suspend publication, with some receiving government assistance to obtain new printing type.