[TURKISH LETTER REVOLUTION - NEW ALPHABET PRINTING IN THE EARLY REPUBLICAN TURKEY] Autograph letter / document signed 'Muhtar Halid' to the presidency of the Republican Party of Turkey.

MUHTAR HALID, (Late period Ottoman / Turkish typographer, the elder brother of the famous typographer of Ahmed Ihsan Tokgöz, and the owner of 'Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi', (19th-20th century).  "Servet-i Fünûn - Ahmed Ihsan Matbaasi [i.e. Printing House]" Letterhad, Ist., 1928. Original manuscript autograph letter/document signed by Muhtar Halid sent to the presidency of the Republican Party of Turkey in Ankara. 20,5x13,5 cm. In Ottoman script. Dated September, 23, [1]928. Six lines. Two punching holes out of text on the paper. The document says that 26.000 alphabets, 57.000 brochures and pamphlets, and 100.000 (?) are printed and will be sent to the 'Cumhuriyet Halk Firkasi' [i.e. Republican Party] (CHF - CHP) in Ankara city. This rare autograph documents how widespread and comprehensive work was done to switch from Arabic letters to Latin letters during the Letter Revolution in 1928. "Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi [i.e. Printing House of Muhtar Halid] was located on Bâb-i Alî [i.e. The Subl