Turkish (Türkçe [ˈtyɾctʃe], Türk dili; also, Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Türkiye' is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Türkiye and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Cyprus, other parts of Europe, the Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is a member of the Oghuz group of the Turkic family