TURKEY
Language

Cities in TURKEY

Akyarlar	Alanya	Ankara
Antalya	Beldibi	Belek
Bodrum	Colakli	Fethiye
Gumbet	Içmeler	Istanbul
Kemer	Konakli	Kumkoy
Kusadasi	Lara	Marmaris
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Language

Turkish language (Türkçe) written in the Turkish Alphabet_{Photo: Maurice Flesier CC 4.0 International no changes made}

The official language is Turkish and is spoken by about 90% of the population. Turkish originates from the steppe region of Mongolia and is originally a nomad language. Turkish arrived with the nomads migrating west in Asia Minor in about the tenth century. Turkish has been written in our alphabet since 1928. Modern Turkish has adopted many loanwords from Arabic and Persian. A Turkish language is still spoken by millions of people in the Caucasus and Central Asia up to western China. Kurdish dialects are spoken in Turkish Kurdistan. The hitherto banned Kurdish language was allowed to be used again in public by the government in 1991.

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Sources

Brosnahan, T. / Turkey
Lonely Planet

Graven, R. van den / Reishandboek Turkije
Elmar

Te gast in Turkije
Informatie Verre Reizen

Turkije
Het Spectrum

CIA - World Factbook
BBC - Country Profiles

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