EF’s (EF) latest index of global English proficiency reveals that over 50% of the 60 countries studied have improved their English proficiency over the past six years with Scandinavian countries ...

Is Turkey’s recent spelling change about being more authentically Turkish? Or is there more to the story? In June 2022, the United Nations agreed to change the spelling of the country known in the ...

German has always been a popular language in Turkey, which harbors close ties with Germany. More than 3 million people of Turkish origin currently live in Germany. The popularity of the language ...

An earlier policy of improving language rights for Kurds in Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fallen by the wayside. When Turkey’s health minister, Fahrettin Koca, announced in September that ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second from left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Madrid on June 28. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press) Ceding to a long-standing Turkish ...

Since 2012, pupils can ask for two hours of Kurdish lessons Some parents say requests not met, schools can't find teachers Teachers' union says families fear stigmatisation if they ask Turkey may ...

It was perfect until it wasn't. Suddenly, the puffed-up tom dropped strut, stretched his neck, did an about-face, and scurried away. I could've killed this gobbler multiple times but I wanted him to ...

WASHINGTON — Ceding to a long-standing Turkish demand, the State Department on Thursday agreed to begin spelling the country’s name in Turkish in its official documents. Turkey will now be referred to ...