12 October 2025

Turkish Language Classification and FamilyTurkish (Türkçe or Türkiye Türkçesi) is a member of the Turkic language family, which itself forms part of the larger Altaic hypothesis proposed in older linguistic scholarship, though this broader grouping remains controversial. Within the Turkic family, Turkish belongs specifically to the Oghuz (or Southwestern Turkic) branch, along with Azerbaijani, Turkmen, […]