The Influence of Turkish on Cypriot Greek

Name: The Influence of Turkish on Cypriot Greek
Author: Yıkık, Ahmet

Title	The Influence of Turkish on Cypriot Greek
Author	Yıkık, Ahmet
Type	Book
Language	ara,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2548-0545, EISSN: 2548-0545, EISSN: 3061-9548, DOI: 10.46628/itbhssj.1400091
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Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	When Cyprus was conquered by the Ottomans in 1571, the majority of the local population were Orthodox Greek Christians. After the conquest, Muslim Turks who migrated from Anatolia also settled on the island. Thus, Greeks and Turks, who constituted the two largest communities of the island's population, lived together under Ottoman rule for nearly three centuries. As part of this, the phenomenon of bilingualism was inevitable. Because of inter-community relations, there were interactions between the Turkish and Greek languages spoken on the island. Both communities borrowed words from each other's languages. In the studies conducted to date, the general opinion is that Turkish has not had much influence on the Greek spoken in Cyprus, since the Greeks outnumber the Turks on the island. However, it cannot be said that sufficient studies have been carried out on this subject. The present study focuses on Turkish loanwords in the island's Greek language. Words of Turkish origin, the new forms they have taken, and the words derived from them have been identified. In the light of the findings, and using a sociolinguistic approach, the influence of Turkish on Cypriot Greek is discussed.
Görüntüle	Artuklu Humanities, 2024-07 (16), p.103-119

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The Influence of Turkish on Cypriot Greek

Author Yıkık, Ahmet

Type Book

Language ara,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2548-0545, EISSN: 2548-0545, EISSN: 3061-9548, DOI: 10.46628/itbhssj.1400091

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2dc97840c9754c93a638d5c533b279bf

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes When Cyprus was conquered by the Ottomans in 1571, the majority of the local population were Orthodox Greek Christians. After the conquest, Muslim Turks who migrated from Anatolia also settled on the island. Thus, Greeks and Turks, who constituted the two largest communities of the island's population, lived together under Ottoman rule for nearly three centuries. As part of this, the phenomenon of bilingualism was inevitable. Because of inter-community relations, there were interactions between the Turkish and Greek languages spoken on the island. Both communities borrowed words from each other's languages. In the studies conducted to date, the general opinion is that Turkish has not had much influence on the Greek spoken in Cyprus, since the Greeks outnumber the Turks on the island. However, it cannot be said that sufficient studies have been carried out on this subject. The present study focuses on Turkish loanwords in the island's Greek language. Words of Turkish origin, the new forms they have taken, and the words derived from them have been identified. In the light of the findings, and using a sociolinguistic approach, the influence of Turkish on Cypriot Greek is discussed.

Görüntüle Artuklu Humanities, 2024-07 (16), p.103-119