The Ministry of National Education of Turkey has prepared an introductory book on Diyarbakır, making no mention of Kurds or Kurdish. The language spoken in the province is similar to ‘Baku Turkish’ in ...
Acting under pressure of recent criticism in official quarters of minority groups, Istanbul Jewish communal leaders have embarked on a campaign designed to make Jews speak in Turkish in public places.
On a hot afternoon in Turkey’s capital Ankara, we speak to Enas, 23, and her brother Mohammed, 24 years-old, sitting next to each other in the campus of the university where Mohammed studies. They are ...
None of the national minorities in Turkey speak Turkish enough, and the Jews speak it least of all, complains Cumhuriyet (The Republic), the official government newspaper. When an Armenian or a Greek ...
The brains of people who speak this whistle language of Northern Turkey do something very surprising
Nestled deep in the mountains of north-east Turkey, harmonious echoes fill the air as a group of people whistle to each other across deep valleys and long distances to communicate. Locals call this ...
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