A Critical approach to the use of English in Turkey in light of linguistic imperialism

Starting to attain an important international language status in the world from 19th century onwards thanks many interrelated factors like British colonialism and later US-Britain cultural policies of expansion, English has achieved unprecedented prevalence usage different sectors ranging education tourism art literature sports. Today, it keeps its reign as lingua franca, reinforcing position by making use very effective mechanisms expansion such globalization, academia, media, music, TV, This preponderance, or Phillipson’s words, linguistic imperialism, however connotes oblivion even evanescence vernacular inferiorization hybridization national languages. As mid-20th onward, Turkey’s political convergence with US brought into life Turkish people irreversible changes whose critique, this paper argues, can be made within concept imperialism. Drawing on theoretical approach Phillipson, thus discusses critiques ways is used Turkey, attempt draw attention attrition language, inquination landscape, discrimination among young.