Popular Time Out magazine scandal: They made Arabic the official language of Turkey
Time Out, the famous travel, entertainment, food and drink and art magazine; Turkey was also included in its 2023/24 annual edition with the theme ‘Short Escapes’ for the Gulf Cooperation countries, consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
After the scandal in the magazine prepared for Arab countries, those responsible for Time Out magazine limited themselves to offering a dry apology.
A Turkish citizen living in Oman was surprised when he examined the magazine he bought while shopping at home. He saw that the magazine said that Turkey was among the countries of the Middle East and that the language spoken was Arabic.
Turkey’s official language appeared as “Arabic” in the “Brief Information” box prepared when introducing Turkey and Istanbul in the magazine.
A citizen who became aware of the situation said he reported the situation to magazine officials and the magazine’s management apologized. While the authorities did not give any information that the wrong number would be collected, they simply said that this mistake would not be made in subsequent editions.