Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-most spoken language in the world.

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Notable quotes

“[Türkiye] does not seem to have a system for supporting refugees, not even by placing them in temporary camps as other countries do. This puts the [Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light] group’s members in the impossible situation of either ending up homeless on the streets [and isolated from each other], or risk becoming illegal and being deported back to their countries of origin.”
— Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė, "Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light: A New Humanitarian Crisis in Türkiye", Bitter Winter (July 17, 2024)
“I hate calumny so much that I do not want even to impute foolishness to the Turks, although I detest them as tyrants over women and enemies of the arts.”
— Voltaire, The Philosophical Dictionary selected and translated by H.I. Woolf (1924)
“[Turks] one and all, bag and baggage, shall I hope clear out from the province they have desolated and profaned.”
— William Gladstone, speech (May 7, 1877).
“[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.”
— Montesquieu, Persian Letters, I, 19.
“[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.”
— Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador to Constantinople. See Buchanan, Letter, 375.
“Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker.”
— Voltaire to Catherine II. In the Rundschau (April, 1878).

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Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-most spoken language in the world.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-most spoken language in the world.

Notable quotes

“[Türkiye] does not seem to have a system for supporting refugees, not even by placing them in temporary camps as other countries do. This puts the [Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light] group’s members in the impossible situation of either ending up homeless on the streets [and isolated from each other], or risk becoming illegal and being deported back to their countries of origin.”
— Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė, "Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light: A New Humanitarian Crisis in Türkiye", Bitter Winter (July 17, 2024)
“I hate calumny so much that I do not want even to impute foolishness to the Turks, although I detest them as tyrants over women and enemies of the arts.”
— Voltaire, The Philosophical Dictionary selected and translated by H.I. Woolf (1924)
“[Turks] one and all, bag and baggage, shall I hope clear out from the province they have desolated and profaned.”
— William Gladstone, speech (May 7, 1877).
“[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.”
— Montesquieu, Persian Letters, I, 19.
“[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.”
— Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador to Constantinople. See Buchanan, Letter, 375.
“Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker.”
— Voltaire to Catherine II. In the Rundschau (April, 1878).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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