Abstract:

Due to the global epidemic, which completely affected the whole world in 2020 and caused the death of nearly six million people, brand new words, structures and spellings came to Turkish as in all languages in the world. Words such as corona, corona virus, covid-19, pandemic, virus have been in our lives and our language for almost two years as the leading ones among these. Such a mojor epidemic affecting the world has not been seen for almost a century, spreading rapidly all over the world, countries have to go to restrictions very quickly, etc. For these reasons, the terms in question have affected and continues to affect languages without being spoken or discussed. When we look at words such as corona, corona virus, covid-19, pandemic, virus in Turkey, it is seen that the definitions of these words cannot be made clearly, there are different opinions about their origins, and there is still no unity in their spelling. It is necessary to determine all of these and put the scientific outcomes as soon as possible, to verify the mistakes, to eliminate the deficiencies and to spread the truths. For this, there are great responsibilities falling on the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, the Turkish Language Institution, Non-Governmental Organizations, the Written and Visual Media and all segments of the society. The fact that more permanent solutions can be achieved with the actions of individuals, dependent and independent, with all these institutions and organizations, stands before us clearly.

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