Turkish

Turkish is the official language of Turkey and a member of the Turkic family of languages. 
Turkish is mutually intelligible with Azeri, the dominant regional language in the northwestern portion of the United Islamic Republic.
During the Central Asian Wars, Russia, China and the United Islamic Republic partitioned the other Turkic speaking nations of Asia. Tens of millions of people in the northern United Islamic Republic, western China, portions of Russia and Bulgaria and can understand standard Istanbuli Turkish. They often listen to Turkish radio and watch Turkish cable television programs giving Turkey a certain amount of cultural and even financial influence among these far flung populations.
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