Journalist and writer Ayşe Hür has noted that after the death of Atatürk and during the Democratic period of the Turkish Republic in the late 1940s and 50s, "ugly, humiliating, insulting or derisive names, even if they were Turkish, were subjected to changes.
Wartawan dan penulis Ayşe Hür mencatat bahwa setelah kematian Ataturk dan selama masa Demokrasi Republik Turki di akhir tahun 1940-an dan 50-an, nama dengan konotasi jelek, memalukan, menghina atau mengejek, bahkan apabila mereka adalah orang Turki, akan mengalami perubahan.