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Digital Conscience

Digital Conscience

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December 29, 2025

Digital conscience is a concept that describes how individuals and societies in the digital age express and experience ethical awareness, responsibility, and moral responses through digital environments. This concept particularly refers to the tendency to soothe one’s conscience through symbolic online actions such as likes, shares, and comments—actions performed on social media and other digital platforms without assuming concrete moral responsibility in the real world.Definition and ContentDig

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Nurten Yalçın

Nurten Yalçın

Agop (Martayan) Dilaçar

Agop (Martayan) Dilaçar

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December 1, 2025

Agop (Martayan) Dilaçar was born in Istanbul in 1895 and held various positions in linguistics during the early years of the Türkiye Republic through institutions, educational activities and publications. Dilaçar completed his education at Robert College and participated in academic, encyclopedic and institutional projects using his proficiency in multiple languages. At the invitation of Atatürk, he attended the Turkish Language Research Society congress in 1932 and subsequently served at the Tu

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Yunus Emre Sağlam

Yunus Emre Sağlam

The Word of the Year 2024 Chosen as "Crowded Loneliness"

The Word of the Year 2024 Chosen as "Crowded Loneliness"

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January 6, 2026

Through a vote conducted in collaboration between the Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu) and Ankara University, the word of 2024 has been selected as “kalabalık yalnızlık”.Public Voting ProcessAccording to an announcement from the Turkish Language Association, seven word and concept terms, determined by an Evaluation Committee composed of experts in the field, were submitted for public voting on the Turkish Language Association’s website via people.The words selected for the vote wer

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Sadullah Bora Yıldırım

Sadullah Bora Yıldırım

Turkish Language Day (September 26, 1932)

Turkish Language Day (September 26, 1932)

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December 1, 2025

Turkish Language Day is a holiday observed since 26 September 1932, commemorating the opening day of the First Turkish Language Congress held at Dolmabahçe Palace. The choice of 26 September for the congress’s opening and the decision to elevate language studies to the social plane led to the adoption of the day as “Language Day.” The proposal to declare the day a holiday was made during the congress proceedings by Halit Fahri (Ozansoy). The suggestion to celebrate 26 September as “Language Day”

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