The
Turkish Language Association is the official
regulatory body of the
Turkish language, founded on July 12, 1932 by the initiative of
Atatürk and headquartered in
Ankara,
Turkey. The association acts as the official authority on the language (without any enforcement power), contributes to linguistic research on Turkish and other
Turkic languages, and is charged with publishing the official dictionary of the language,
Güncel Türkçe Sözlük.