Turkish Culture and Society - World Affairs Council
Turkish Culture and Society - World Affairs Council
Turkish Culture and Society - World Affairs Council
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LANGUAGE<br />
UCLA LANGUAGE MATERIALS PROJECT: TURKISH<br />
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=67&menu=004<br />
About 56 million people speak <strong>Turkish</strong>. Most of them live in Turkey where <strong>Turkish</strong> is the<br />
official language <strong>and</strong> 90 percent of the population speak it as a first language. <strong>Turkish</strong> is also<br />
the language spoken at home by people who live in the areas that were governed by the<br />
Ottoman Empire. This website contains information on the history of the <strong>Turkish</strong> language<br />
<strong>and</strong> on its current situation.<br />
TURKISH LANGUAGE SUPPORT SYSTEM<br />
http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/practice/tlepss.html<br />
This site from Princeton College gives some introductory online <strong>Turkish</strong> lessons which<br />
include audio clips.<br />
ETHNOLOGUE REPORT FOR TURKEY<br />
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TRA<br />
There are 23 languages spoken in Turkey. This site provides information on each language,<br />
who speaks it, <strong>and</strong> where it is spoken.<br />
TURKIC LANGUAGES<br />
http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/didact/karten/turk/turklm.htm<br />
This website provides a color-coded map of Turkey <strong>and</strong> its surroundings, highlighting the<br />
regions where different languages are spoken.<br />
INTERNATIONALIZATION FOR TURKISH<br />
http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/turkish-i18n.html<br />
Many software <strong>and</strong> web applications that are already internationalized <strong>and</strong> successfully<br />
support many languages often suffer catastrophic failure when they add support for the<br />
<strong>Turkish</strong> language. This page explains the difficulty of supporting the <strong>Turkish</strong> language <strong>and</strong><br />
typical solutions.<br />
CUISINE<br />
TURKISH CUISINE<br />
http://www.allaboutturkey.com/mutfak.htm<br />
In addition to being the refined product of centuries of experience, <strong>Turkish</strong> cuisine has a<br />
very pure quality. The variety <strong>and</strong> simplicity of the recipes, as well as the quality of the<br />
ingredients, are guarantees of delicious meals. This site contains information on traditional<br />
<strong>Turkish</strong> food, complete with recipes <strong>and</strong> pictures.<br />
TURKISH KITCHEN<br />
http://www.bigglook.com/biggmenueng/tarifler.asp<br />
This site contains a variety of recipes for <strong>Turkish</strong> dishes, including soups, chicken, kebabs,<br />
<strong>and</strong> desserts.<br />
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