The Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey Serbia which was Ottoman territory at the time), with the establishment of “Homeland Funds” (“Memleket Sandıkları”) in 1863 and it gained pace with the foundation of the Republic of Turkey as new laws on cooperatives were enacted. The ACC with its modern nomenclature and structure was established based on law number 2836 which was passed in 1935. The ACC’s foundation was supported by the first president of the Republic of Turkey Kemal Atatürk who was also the first member of the cooperative in Silifke – Tekir Çiftliği. Due to the enforcement of law number 1581 on Agricultural Credit Cooperatives and
Name of Turkey of Torke" is used in the 15th-century Digby Mysteries. Later usages can be found in the Dunbar poems, the 16th century "Manipulus Vocabulorum" ("Turkie, Tartaria") and Francis Bacon's "Sylva Sylvarum" (Turky). The modern spelling "Turkey" dates back to at least 1719. The Turkish name "Türkiye" was adopted in 1923 under the influence of European usage. On 29 October 1923, upon the country declaring a Republic, Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey. The first recorded use of the term "Türk" or "Türük" as an autonym is contained in the Old Turkic inscriptions