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When Turkish Was Written in the Greek, Armenian and Assyrian Script

The Syriac-script, trilingual (Syriac-Arabic-Turkish) biweekly Leshono d'Umtho, or Tongue of the Nation. Beirut, 1928. (British Library) For those who have learnt foreign languages, the presence of a ...
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A rose by any other name: When Turkish was written in the Greek, Armenian and even Syrian script

For those who have learnt foreign languages, the presence of a loanword can be both comforting and surreal. In languages written in non-Roman scripts, a borrowed word – take computer as an example – ...
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Is the Turkish government rewriting the script for the country's film directors?

Turkish filmmakers have been on a roll recently. This month's Venice Film Festival recognized a Turkish director with a pair of Awards while a Turkish film won the top award at this year’s festival in ...
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Turkish authorities 'told Netflix to remove gay character from script to get licence for filming'

The series' creator, screenwriter Ece Yorenc, said the streaming giant cancelled the drama on the eve of filming after the government blocked the project. Turkish authorities told Netflix to remove a ...