From Göktürk Runes To Latin Reform: Writing Systems Of The Turkic World And The Quest For A Common Alphabet
Journal: American Journal Of Philological Sciences
Year: 2025

This article explores the historical development and contemporary transformation of writing systems used by Turkic communities, with a particular focus on the growing debate over a Common Turkic Latin Alphabet. It begins by defining writing systems as conventional visual representations of spoken language and emphasizes that no alphabet is inherently “advanced” or “backward”; rather, scripts are tools that provide orthographic unity and support the development of a standard written language. The