Erdogan says north ‘ready’ for new Turkish alphabet

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday night said the north is “ready” to transition to the new common Turkic alphabet.

Addressing the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) summit in the Kyrgyz capital city Bishkek, he said the new alphabet will “unite the Turkic world”, and called on all OTS members to transition from their current alphabets to the new one.

“Turkey, Azerbaijan, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are ready in this regard. It would be appropriate for Kazakhstan...