Uzbekistan's Senate has approved a new reform of the Uzbek alphabet as part of the transition to the Latin alphabet. The amendment aligns with efforts on the Common Turkic Alphabet, which seek to strengthen linguistic integration with Türkiye and the Turkic world.
Under the new reform, 28 letters and an apostrophe will be used instead of the 26 letters and three letter combinations in the current alphabet. Double-symbol letters that are difficult to write and use in digital environments will be replaced with single characters.
Türkiye described the reform as an important step toward strengthening linguistic unity across the Turkic world.
The first work prepared using the Common Turkic Alphabet by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was presented to the leaders of the Turkic states on October 7, 2025.