Kazakhstan’s planned transition to the Latin alphabet raises complex questions. While alphabets may not be important in and of themselves, they play an important role in helping define a nation’s ...

In some Turkic languages, each of the existing phonemes requires a special symbol. The balance between unity and identity In short, introducing a single alphabet for the Turkic peoples is not only a ...

Seeking to strengthen understanding and cooperation among the world’s 170 million Turkic people, the international bloc of Turkic states on Wednesday agreed on a proposal for a common 34-letter ...

In 1928, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of the modern Turkish republic, enacted one of the more dramatic and radical reforms of the 20th century. Ataturk ordered the wholesale ...

Turkish can be accepted as a common language for the whole Turkic world, Nizami Jafarov, Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament's Culture Committee, reported at conference entitled "Cultural ...