Languages of Turkey
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The languages of Turkey, apart from the official language Turkish, include the widespread Kurdish (Kurmanji), Zazaki, and Arabic, and a number of less common minority languages. Four minority languages are officially recognized in the Republic of Turkey by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and the Turkey-Bulgaria Friendship Treaty (Türkiye ve Bulgaristan Arasındaki Dostluk Antlaşması) of 18 October 1925: Armenian,[3][4][5] Bulgarian,[6][7][8][3] Greek,[3][9][10] and Hebrew.[11][12] In 2013, the Ankara 13th Circuit Administrative Court ruled that the minority provisions of the Lausanne Treaty should also apply to Assyrians in Turkey and the Syriac language.[13][14][15]
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Languages of Turkey | |
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Official | Turkish |
Recognised | Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew |
Minority | Kurdish (Kurmanji), Zazaki, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Aramaic, Pomak Bulgarian, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Laz, Georgian, Megleno-Romanian, Pontic Greek, Judaeo-Spanish |
Immigrant | Adyghe, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Crimean Tatar, Kabardian[1] (in alphabetical order) |
Foreign | English (17%) German (4%) Arabic (2%) French (1%)[2] |
Signed | Turkish Sign Language Mardin Sign Language |
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