President of the Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History, professor Derya Örs has said that the Turkish language should grow using its own words, instead of adopting "incomprehensible" and "tasteless" vocabulary from Western languages, during a speech at the annual Turkestan and Turkology Congress in Kazakhstan.
The congress took place at International Hoca Ahmet Yesevi University in the city of Turkestan, which was declared the Turkic World Cultural Capital during the spring festival of Nevruz.
Professor Örs explained that the Turkish world has more than 220 million inhabitants who speak a Turkic language, and its roots, beliefs and traditions are formed by a great cultural geography."By bringing this kind of cultural activity together, we have demonstrated our unity, our coexistence and highlighted the importance, magnitude and place of the Turkish world, which has been re-established in the 21st century," Örs said.
Reminding the crowd that the Atatürk Supreme Council had declared 2017 the year of the Turkish language, Örs said the focus tends to be on Turkeytarget="_blank"'>