Friday, September 27, 2013

Turkey: Ankara to lift ban on alphabetic letters Q, W and X - General news - ANSAMed.it

Turkey: Ankara to lift ban on alphabetic letters Q, W and X
After being banned from official usage for 85 years

27 September, 11:57

(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 27 - The long awaited 'democracy packet', which is due to be revealed on 30th September, is expected to contain new innovative and revolutionary reforms to Turkey. According to Turkish daily Radikal, the lifting of the ban on alphabetic letters will be one of the most serious of these reforms. Due to the fact that the letters 'q, w and x' do not find any place in the modern Turkish language, their usage has been outlawed for 85 years.

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