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 ...

There are more than 300 Turkish words that are used in the Greek language. After all the Greeks were under Ottoman occupation ...

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 ...

The new commemoration highlights the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Turkic-speaking peoples and reinforces UNESCO ...

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 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second from left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Madrid on June 28. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press) Ceding to a long-standing Turkish ...