Chapter published in:
Studies in Turkish as a Heritage Language
Edited by Fatih Bayram
[Studies in Bilingualism 60] 2020
► pp. 1–14

Chapter 1
Turkish as a heritage language

Its context and importance for the general understanding of bilingualism

| UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Published online: 18 November 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.60.01bay
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