Turkish alphabet

Turkish alphabet
Turkish alphabet;
Script type	Alphabet
Time period	1928 – present
Languages	Turkish
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician alphabet Greek alphabet Latin alphabet Turkish alphabet; ; ; ; ;
Child systems	Azerbaijani alphabet; Crimean Tatar alphabet; Gagauz alphabet; Tatar Latin alphabet; Turkmen alphabet
Unicode
Unicode range	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.^{[citation needed]} 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),^[1] Turkmen (1993),^[2] and recently Kazakh (2021).^[3]

^ 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.
^ Soyegov, M. New Turkmen Alphabet: several questions on its development and adoption Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 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.

[1] 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.

[2] Soyegov, M. New Turkmen Alphabet: several questions on its development and adoption Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine

[3] 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.

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