Languages of Turkey
The languages of Turkey, apart from the official language Turkish, include the widespread Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Arabic, and a number of less common minority languages. Four minority languages are officially recognized in the Republic of Turkey by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and the Turkey-Bulgaria Friendship Treaty (Türkiye ve Bulgaristan Arasındaki Dostluk Antlaşması) of 18 October 1925: Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Hebrew. In 2013, the Ankara 13th Circuit Administrative Court ruled that the minority provisions of the Lausanne Treaty should also apply to Assyrians in Turkey and the Syriac language.
| Languages of Turkey | |
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| Official | Turkish |
| Recognised | Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew |
| Minority | Kurdish (Kurmanji), Azerbaijani, Arabic, Aramaic, Zazaki, Pomak Bulgarian, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Laz, Georgian, Megleno-Romanian, Pontic Greek, Judaeo-Spanish |
| Immigrant | Adyghe, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Crimean Tatar, Kabardian (in alphabetical order) |
| Foreign | English (17%) German (4%) Arabic (2%) French (1%) |
| Signed | Turkish Sign Language Mardin Sign Language |
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