Turkish alphabet

The earliest known Turkish alphabet is the Orkhon script. Turkic languages have been written in a number of different alphabets including Cyrillic, Arabic, Latin and some other Asiatic writing systems.

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Orkhon script - Cyrillic - Arabic - Latin

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The current 29-letter Turkish alphabet, used for the Turkish language, was established by law in Turkey on November 1, 1928 . Replacing the earlier Arabic alphabet, it was created from Latin characters at the initative of Kemal Atatürk. The letter Ö was taken from the Swedish alphabet because the Swedish interpreter from the Dragoman House (ambassador house) was assigned to the committee creating the new writing language. Ç was taken from Albanian, ? from Romanian, and Ü from German.

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Turkish language - Turkey - Arabic alphabet - Latin - Kemal Atatürk - Ö - Swedish alphabet - Ç - Albanian - ? - Romanian - Ü - German

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