Halkevleri

[2] Halkevleri was an enlightenment project aimed towards city dwellers to gain support for reforms.

(Adana, Ankara, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Eskişehir, Istanbul, İzmir, Konya, Malatya, and Samsun.)

The sub branches in villages were called Halkodaları (English: People’s rooms) Towards 1950, the total number of these subsections exceeded 4,000.

Free courses were offered on the topics of literature, drama, music, fine arts, speaking, and writing as well as handicrafts and tailoring.

During the multiparty period (after 1945), Halkevleri were severely criticized on the ground that this project was a supporter of the governing Republican People's Party.