Turkish alphabet

Turkish alphabet
Script type
Time period
1928 – present
LanguagesTurkish
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Azerbaijani alphabet
Crimean Tatar alphabet
Gagauz alphabet
Tatar Latin alphabet
Turkmen alphabet
Unicode
subset of Latin (U+0000...U+024F)
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The Turkish alphabet (Turkish: Türk alfabesi) is a Latin-script alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, seven of which (Ç, Ğ, I, İ, Ö, Ş and Ü) have been modified from their Latin originals for the phonetic requirements of the language. This alphabet represents modern Turkish pronunciation with a high degree of accuracy and specificity.[1] Mandated in 1928 as part of Atatürk's Reforms, it is the current official alphabet and the latest in a series of distinct alphabets used in different eras.

The Turkish alphabet has been the model for the official Latinization of several Turkic languages formerly written in the Arabic or Cyrillic script like Azerbaijani (1991),[2] Turkmen (1993),[3] and recently Kazakh (2021).[4]

  1. ^ Talat Tekin (1997). Tarih Boyunca Türkçenin Yazısı. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi (in Turkish). Ankara: Simurg. p. 72. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ Dooley, Ian (6 October 2017). "New Nation, New Alphabet: Azerbaijani Children's Books in the 1990s". Cotsen Children's Library (in English and Azerbaijani). Princeton University WordPress Service. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ^ Soyegov, M. New Turkmen Alphabet: several questions on its development and adoption Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Шаяхметова, Жанна (2021-02-01). "Kazakhstan Presents New Latin Alphabet, Plans Gradual Transition Through 2031". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2022-09-02.