Turkic languages

A joint commission within the Organization of Turkic States (TDT) has reached an agreement on the adoption of a common alphabet consisting of 34 letters.

The decision came after the commission's third meeting, held in the Azerbaijani capital Baku between Sept. 9 and 11, with contributions from the Turkish Language Association (TDK).

Turkish city’s pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes

Some 130,000 couples are getting divorced ever year and this is "terror," the head of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey, Süleyman Arslan, has said.

Alparslan Arslan

Gürer Aykal (L) and Menderes Türel

Pavel Yakovlev makes 'great scientific discovery' near his village in Yakutia.

The fifth grade student discovered the 'jewellery' decorated with ancient Turkic runic inscriptions.

The four words are believed to be in the Orkhon-Yenisei type script.

A prosecutor’s office on May 9 demanded 252 times aggravated life sentences for former Turkish Air Force Commander Akın Öztürk on charges of “assassination attempt against the president” and “murder” in a case on his involvement in the occupation of the building of the Turkish General Staff on the night of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on April 7 visited Orkhon valley of Mongolia to see the Orkhon inscriptions, written in the Old Turkic alphabet. 

An Istanbul court has issued a detention warrant for Turkish national volleyball team player Arslan Ekşi, who also plays for the Russian Lokomotiv Novosibirsk club, after he failed to attend the hearings in a trial in which he is accused of drunk driving.

The Turkish Super League is witnessing the most competitive year in its history, says Hürriyet journalist Mehmet Arslan, citing the rise in the number of foreign players as triggering a ‘transformation’ of Turkish football