Turkish

• Alternate names: Anatolian, Türkçe, Türkisch Also: in Bulgaria -- Osmanli, Turki; in Cyprus -- Osmanli; in Greece -- Osmanli; in Macedonia -- Osmanli; in Romania -- Osmanli; in Uzbekistan -- Osmanli
• Scriptures published: Bible (1827--2006) New Testament (1819--1993) Portions (1782--1985)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Turkey
• Region: Widespread as L1 or L2
• Also used in: Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Netherlands, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Muslim
• Status: De facto language of national identity in Bulgaria; De facto provincial language in Cyprus; Statutory provincial language in Greece; Language of recognized nationality in Kazakhstan; Statutory national language in Turkey
• Number of users: 50,733,420 (46,300,000 in Turkey (1987); 606,000; 177,000 in Cyprus (1995); 128,000 in Greece (1976 WA); 200,000 in Macedonia (1982); 28,700 in Romania (2002 census); )

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Turkish
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Turkish
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Turkish on the web
• Joshua Project: Turkish — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Turkish — detailed linguistic information.