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'''Turkish''' (''Türkçe'') is an [[Altaic language]] of the Turkic subgroup. It is spoken by the entirety of the country of [[Turkey]] and by a number of Turks living around the world.

'''Turkish''' (''Türkçe'') is an [[Altaic language]] of the Turkic subgroup. It is spoken by the entirety of the country of [[Turkey]] and by a number of Turks living around the world.

Until [[Kemal Atatürk]] became the first President of Turkey, Turkish was written in the Arabic alphabet. Atatürk changed the script to the [[Latin alphabet]], in an effort to increase literacy. However, Turkish still has a lot of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] loanwords—as well as [[French language|French]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].

Until [[Kemal Atatürk]] became the first President of Turkey, Turkish was written in the Arabic alphabet. Atatürk changed the script to the [[Latin alphabet]], in an effort to increase literacy. However, Turkish still has a lot of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] loanwords, alongside of [[French language|French]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] loanwords.

[[File:Istiklal Caddesi 06 24 09 0068.jpg|thumb|380px|center|Turkish People.]]

[[File:Istiklal Caddesi 06 24 09 0068.jpg|thumb|380px|center|Turkish People.]]