It is part of the Altaic and Uralic language group. By the time they became Muslim, Turkish was greatly influenced by Arabic and Iranian languages. After the 9 th century the religion of the Turks became Islam. Nowadays, ninety percent of people are Muslim in that country. However, the political system is not religious, as in some other Muslim countries.
Turkey is a liberal country.
Politics and religion are separated in the political system. That system is called secularism . Before the Turkish revolution , Islam was the official religion. However, nowadays, the Turkish Republic does not have any official religion. The European region is known as Trace, while the Asian region is Anatolia.