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Bilingualism is defined as a term of one’s knowing two languages or using twolanguages in a society (Vardar, 1998: 124). According to Baker (2001a), the relationship between bilingualism which is introduced with ideological, individualand/or international issues, and brain & intelligence have been in the center ofinterest of some researchers. In this article, regarding the pecularities of beingbilingual, whether or not both languages a bilingual individual speaks fluently withthe same proportions are represented in the same area of the brain is studied and itis aimed to describe the relationship between bilingualism and intelligence. As aresult, it is found that the brain functions undergo a change in language acquiringand learning processes, and the brain structure has a role in language behavior ofa bilingual person. Moreover, it is extrapolated that the idea that bilingualismaffects the intelligence negatively is not valid entirely

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