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Turkish

Türkçe

At BFSU, Turkish is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

Türkiye, Germany, Bulgaria

NATIVE NAME
Türkçe
WRITING SYSTEM
Latin script
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Turkish connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈82.4M

Turkish is spoken across 12 countries and territories.

No. 20 of 101 languages · No. 9 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. Europe

    08

    GermanyBulgariaNetherlandsUkraineUnited KingdomGreeceNorth MacedoniaRomania

  2. Central Asia

    01

    Uzbekistan

  3. Middle East & North Africa

    01

    Türkiye

  4. The Americas

    01

    Canada

  5. Other areas

    01

    Cyprus

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in Türkiye, Germany, and Bulgaria to education, literature and media, Turkish carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Turkish within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

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