Eighteen languages in Turkey are currently listed as endangered, vulnerable, or have become extinct, according to UNESCO. This is a result of decades of government policies that have not put other ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish language has always been one of peace. Erdogan delivered the closing remarks of the 10th Turkish Language Olympics at Istanbul's Turk ...

ANKARA — In the misty mountains and coastal towns of Turkey’s eastern Black Sea, the Laz language, which once echoed through the lanes of small villages, now lingers mostly in the quiet houses of ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey want to take Turkish as a foreign language at school when they return to their country. The social needs as well as the humanitarian needs of 160,000 Syrian ...

The department will use the Turkish-language spelling in “most formal, diplomatic, and bilateral contexts” after a request from the country’s embassy, a spokesman said. By Christine Chung Breaking ...