Eighteen languages in Turkey are currently listed as endangered, vulnerable, or have become extinct, according to UNESCO. This is a result of decades of government policies that have not put other ...

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Farmers in what is now Turkey may have uttered the first Indo-European words around 8,000 years ago, according to a study in this week's Nature. The roots of Indo-European languages are hotly debated.

ANKARA — In the misty mountains and coastal towns of Turkey’s eastern Black Sea, the Laz language, which once echoed through the lanes of small villages, now lingers mostly in the quiet houses of ...

More and more Turkish high schools and universities are offering German courses, and an increasing number of Turkish people are studying in German universities. What's behind the trend?German has ...