Friday, October 19, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: October 19

The Turkish Parliament Building
October 19

1983: A milestone in linguistic oppression: Turkey adopts law no. 2932 on “publishing in other languages than Turkish”. Not surprisingly, such publishing is declared strictly forbidden. More amazingly, its third article states that “The native tongue of Turkish citizens is Turkish” and that speaking any other language natively is illegal!


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