The letter Q was illegal in Turkey from 1928 until last month

Re:The letter Q was illegal in Turkey from 1928 until last m... by duman on Monday October 21, 2013 @06:23AM (#6584528)

The letter Q was never illegal in Turkey. It was just not allowed to be used in names of people/companies etc. due to the fact that it is not in Turkish alphabet.

It is like letters ç,ğ,ü being illegal in US.

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Re:The letter Q was illegal in Turkey from 1928 until last m... by unwind on Monday October 21, 2013 @07:28AM (#6584729)

Have some Häagen-Dazs if you really think using "the wrong letters" is illegal in the US.

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Re:The letter Q was illegal in Turkey from 1928 until last m... by egeozcan on Monday October 21, 2013 @08:19AM (#6584964)

Häagen-Dazs has always been allowed to operate in Turkey as well as Quiznos Sub and others.

If you wanted a local company, yes, you were only allowed to use Turkish letters in the official name. They didn't actually care what you actually wrote on your signs though.

Official names being Turkish is important because otherwise officials would have needed to be capable of working with all characters in the universe.

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Re:The letter Q was illegal in Turkey from 1928 until last m... by ozgung on Monday October 21, 2013 @09:39AM (#6585396)

There is even a W Hotel at the hearth of Istanbul: http://www.wistanbul.com.tr/en/gallery/exterior

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Re:The letter Q was illegal in Turkey from 1928 until last m... by duman on Monday October 21, 2013 @07:38AM (#6584766)

I don't think using "the wrong letters" is illegal in the US. What I've meant was it is as wrong as claiming the usage of "the wrong letters" is illegal in the US.

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