what language do people speak in turkey?
Arabic Language Kurdish language Zazaki language Ladino Language Turkish Language
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 The country 's official language is Turkish , which is spoken by 85 @.@ 54 percent of the population as mother tongue . 11 @.@ 97 percent of the population speaks the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish as mother tongue . Arabic and Zaza are the mother tongues of 2 @.@ 39 percent of the population , and several other languages are the mother tongues of smaller parts of the population . Endangered languages in Turkey include Abaza , Abkhaz , Adyge , Cappadocian Greek , Gagauz , Hértevin , Homshetsma , Kabard @-@ Cherkes , Ladino ( Judesmo ) , Laz , Mlahso , Pontic Greek , Romani , Suret , Turoyo , Ubykh , and Western Armenian . 

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 Turkey 's official language is Turkish , a Turkic language , spoken by 85 % of the population . 72 @.@ 5 % of the population are ethnic Turks ; and 27 @.@ 5 % are legally recognized ( Armenians , Greeks , Jews ) and unrecognized ( Kurds , Circassians , Arabs , Albanians , Bosniaks , Georgians , etc . ) ethnic minorities . Kurds are the largest minority group . The vast majority of the population is Sunni Muslim , with Alevis making up the largest religious minority . 

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 The name of Turkey ( Turkish : Türkiye ) is based on the ethnonym Türk . The first recorded use of the term " Türk " or " Türük " as an autonym is contained in the Old Turkic inscriptions of the Göktürks ( Celestial Turks ) of Central Asia ( c . 8th century ) . The English name Turkey first appeared in the late 14th century and is derived from Medieval Latin Turchia . 

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 Turkey 's efforts to join the European Union in the early 21st century has led to a decrease in the incidence of such changes from local , and particularly the central government . In some cases legislation has restored the names of certain villages ( primarily those housing Kurdish minorities ) . Place names that have formally changed frequently persist in local dialects and languages throughout the ethnically diverse country . 

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 It has been decided that provinces , districts , towns , villages , mountains , and rivers , which are named in languages belonging to non @-@ Muslim nations such as Armenian , Greek or Bulgarian , will be renamed into Turkish . In order to benefit from this suitable moment , this aim should be achieved in due course . 
