most people in turkey speak turkish. it is written in latin script and it belongs to the turkic language group, which also includes many other languages spoken across asia, such as azerbaijani and tatar. the turkish language came from central asia, but now it is a bit different from the languages spoken in central asia. turks living by the mediterranean have southern, much thicker, and more masculine accents than western turkey. northerners, by the black sea have softer accents.