AKIPRESS.COM - The Turkic Academy has published the Declaration on Common Turkic Alphabet adopted during the third meeting of the Turkic World Common Alphabet Commission, which took place from 9 to 11 September 2024 in Baku.

The Commission works under the auspices of the Turkic Academy and in coordination with the Secretariat of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). The Commission comprises members whose appointments have been formally communicated through the foreign ministries of OTS member states and observers.

The Commission makes its decisions through regular dialogue and consultation processes and by consensus among the Commission members. Commission decisions are advisory in nature and serve to provide recommendations to the relevant authorities.

The Turkic World Common Alphabet Commission reviewed the existing 34-letter Latin-based Common Turkic Alphabet project, proposed by scientists in 1991, that accommodates the phonetic diversity of Turkic languages while ensuring ease of learning and usage 

The Commission focused both on strengths and areas for improvement of the 34-letter Common Turkic Alphabet project, leading us to refine our approach based on contemporary linguistic. 

The Commission carefully considered the unique linguistic characteristics of Turkic languages and emphasized the importance of inclusivity in representing distinct phonetic features within a single alphabet framework. 

Guided by the principle that each distinct phoneme should correspond to a single letter, the Commission aimed to create an alphabet that maximizes clarity and facilitates easier learning and usage for all speakers. 

The Commission recognized the necessity of incorporating special characters to accurately represent sounds that are not found in the basic Latin alphabet and agreed on a standardized approach to these marks. 

The primary objective of the adopted Declaration is to formalize the agreement reached by the Commission and affirm the adoption of the following Latin-based Common Turkic Alphabet: