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Turkification

Turkification noun: making something more Turkic; assimilation (of a place, people etc) into a Turkic states or culture; introduction of Turks to an institution etc.

Noun

Turkification (uncountable)

  1. Making something more Turkic; assimilation (of a place, people etc) into a Turkic states or culture; introduction of Turks to an institution etc.
    • The overwhelming turkification of the army brought with it other ironies.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 319
    Synonyms:
    Turkicization

Synonyms of Turkification

Forms of Turkification

alternative formTurcification

Origin of Turkification

From Turk + -ification.

Questions about Turkification

What does Turkification mean?
Turkification means making something more Turkic; assimilation (of a place, people etc) into a Turkic states or culture; introduction of Turks to an institution etc.
What part of speech is Turkification?
Turkification is a noun.

Words near Turkification in the dictionary

  1. Turkicizes
  2. Turkicizing
  3. Turkicness
  4. turkie
  5. turkies
  6. Turkification
  7. Turkified
  8. Turkifies
  9. Turkify
  10. Turkifying
  11. Turking

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