The Great Turk

[LeftEyeNine]

I didn't want to imlpy that Turkish and Arabic are related, I know they are not. I hear both languages often enough to notice the difference.

But I meant, can't you use Arabic letter in other languages, like the Latin alphabet? I mean it is after all phonetic.
Of course, if it was in Arabic both as in letters and language, then I understand the conversion as it makes little sense to write differently from how you speak.

You told it yourself, it's after all phonetic and Arabic does not suit Turkish phonetics. You are surely aware that you can use the letters of any alphabet to speak your language however it surely does limit or make it harder to speak your own words. Arabic has so complex notations that a word is written differently when it is at the beginning or in the middle or at the end of the sentence -if I'm not mistaken of course.

Randarkmaan, the modernized alphabet served both purposes. Our calendar and other measurement means were modernized in Western way so that Turkey could adopt the world outside as well.