Turkey

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Basic information of the country/area
Name of the country/area Turkey
Formal name of the country/area Republic of Turkey
Country/area information The World Factbook (CIA)
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Contents

Indigenous signs for "Turkey"

Illustrations in the literature

"Turkey" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 88.)


Spoken languages

Turkish


Sign languages

Turkish Sign Language


Extinct sign languages:

Seraglio Sign Language (Harem Sign Language)


Population of Deaf/deaf people

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Turkish National Federation of the Deaf (WFD member, cited from WFD website) / Turkish National Federation of Deaf and Dumb Associations (WFD member, data in 2002, cited from "Signs of country names" (Japanese edition, Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. 2002. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf)


Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

MEB Yayınları. 1995. Yetiskinler için Isaret dili Kilavuzu.(For Adults Language Guide). Ankara: T. C. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Özel Eğitim Müd(T. C. The Ministry of National Education Special Education and Guidance and Consultation Services General Directorate)


Bibliography

Zeshan, Ulrike. 2003. Aspects of Turkish Sign Language. In : Sign Language & Linguistics Volume 6, Number 1, 2003. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Netherlands. 43-75(33).

Mirzoeff, Nicholas. 1995. Framed: the deaf in the harem. In: Terry, Jennifer and Jacqueline Urla eds. Deviant bodies: critical perspectives on difference in science and popular culture. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.49-77.


Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Turkish Sign Language


Notes

Countries and areas of Middle East
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Anatolia Turkey
Arabian Peninsula Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Yemen
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Levant Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria
Areas and others Palestine
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