WASHINGTON — Ceding to a long-standing Turkish demand, the State Department on Thursday agreed to begin spelling the country’s name in Turkish in its official documents. Turkey will now be referred to ...

Turkey's president called on all citizens Tuesday to preserve and protect the Turkish language as part of the "Turkish: World Language" campaign launched on the 700th anniversary of the passing of ...

In traditional Botswana, there is a Setswana maxim, which reads: “ Go tsamaya ke go bona (the experiences associated with ...

The Turkish language is not receiving the attention it deserves, Turkey’s president said Wednesday, calling for it to be protected. "We do not give the attention deserved to the Turkish language, ...

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 ...

Generally speaking, language processing is a job for the brain's left hemisphere. That's true whether that language is spoken, written, or signed. But researchers have discovered an exception to this ...

Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) chant slogans during an attempted march in Istanbul that was dispersed by police, October 30, 2016. (AP Photo / Emrah Gurel) By signing up ...

According to the Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger published by UNESCO prior to 21 February, International Mother Language Day, 15 languages are endangered in Turkey, and Turkey is doing ...

The Office of Fellowships is pleased to announce that Dominic Balestrieri-Fox (WCAS ’20) has won an American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) fellowship to study Turkish! As a fellow, Dominic will ...