Day of Turkic script of paramount importance for peoples of Asia - Dr. Develi
11:31, 19 May 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - "The entire Turkic world awaits for Kazakhstan to transfer to the Latin script in order to communicate without language and script barriers," Dr. Hayati Develi of the Yunus Emre Institute said at the international forum "The Day of Turkic Script" in Astana on Monday.
"The Day of Turkic script is of paramount importance for all peoples of Asia because integration and communication are impossible without common script," Dr. Develi stressed. He also underscored that the Latin alphabet is widely used by the modern Turkic world. "All countries of the Turkic world have already switched and use the Latin script, except for Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. But we are aware of the tremendous work done by these countries and we truly hope that Kazakhstan will have its Latin script in order to communicate with us without any barriers," he concluded.