Boykot Kelimeler

The Boycott Words app consists of 6 modules:

1- Boycott Words Page

2- Ottoman Turkish Translation Page
3- Word Turkish Analysis Page
4- Fun Word Game Page
5- Add New Boycott Word Page
6- Favorites Page

Why Boycott Words?

A Language Issue

Language is not merely a means of communication for a nation.
Language is memory, identity, and civilization.

When words are changed, it's not just dictionaries that change.
The mentality changes.
The connection with history weakens.
The conception of civilization transforms.

A nation's language matures naturally over centuries. Every word settles after passing through the filter of lived experience and belief. However, when the natural flow of language is interfered with from the outside, the issue is no longer development; it is direction setting. It is precisely here that language ceases to be merely a means of communication and transforms into a field of cultural engineering.

“Nation” instead of “People”
“Judge” instead of “Magistrate”
“Life” instead of “Living”
“Liberty” instead of “Freedom”
“School” instead of “Mektep”
“Proposal” instead of “Suggestion”
“Word” instead of “Speech”…

This list is not accidental.

What is being done here is not simplification, but substitution. Concepts that have been ingrained in the memory of civilization for centuries have been consciously pushed into the background; replaced by equivalents either coined at a desk or carrying the patterns of other intellectual worlds.

“Word” is not merely a unit of speech; it connects with revelation, knowledge, and literature. When you rename it “speech,” you don't just change a letter; you also prune the cultural depth behind the concept.

“Mektep” is not just an educational building; it carries a tradition of upbringing and method. “School,” on the other hand, is a neutral name severed from this historical connection.

The word "freedom" embodies a civilization's conception of law and belief. "Liberty," on the other hand, transports this concept to the framework of a different worldview.

A nation has used the word "hakim" (ruler) for centuries.
Even the shepherd in the mountains knows what this word means.
What purpose does it serve to replace it with an artificial word like "yargıç" (judge)?

Changing a word is changing memory.
Changing memory is transforming identity.

Language is the home of thought.
If you destroy the house, you change the world within it.

The Boycott Words application exists to remind people of words whose roots have been pruned. This is not a call for prohibition; it is a call for awareness.

This application:

Makes imposed words visible.

Reminds people of their root meanings.

Makes conscious choice possible.

No one can be forced to use a word.
But a nation cannot be made to forget its own words.

Those who lose their language lose their direction. Those who protect their words protect their future.

Boycotting words exists to question what is fabricated, to prefer what is rooted, and to keep the memory of civilization alive.

Because words are not innocent.
Words shape destiny.

Protect your words, protect your identity.