4 ms·
> people were less attached to their last names More like people didn't have last names in the Ottoman empire, so they were usually called by their fathers' na
by selcuka 2y ago
> people were less attached to their last names
More like people didn't have last names in the Ottoman empire, so they were usually called by their fathers' names, or nicknames. Surnames were officially started to be enforced in 1934, long after the Ottoman empire collapsed and the Rebublic of Turkey was founded.
- thfuran 2y agoThat's only like a decade after the Ottoman empire was dissolved.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoI suspect that many surnames came from vocations, like "Smith," or "Zuckerman" ("Sugar-Man" -probably a candy-maker).