A group of Turkish academics have launched a project to create an alphabet for the whistled language, which is spoken in northern Turkey’s Black Sea region. Around 10,000 people, mostly in the ...

Back in 2005, a Turkish court fined 20 Kurds 100 lira (US$74) for holding up placards at a New Year’s celebration containing the letters Q and W. The use of those letters—and X as well—violated the ...

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