The Turkish alphabet contains 29 letters. Q,w,x do not occur. Six Turkish letters are unfamiliar to the American student’s eye. They are the three consonants ç, ğ and ş, and three vowels ı, ö, and ü. The capital forms of these letters are; Çç, Ğğ, Şş, Iı, Öö, and Üü. Note that the capital form os ı (called undotted i) is I that of i (the dotted i) is İ.
Türkçe alfabesi 29 harf içerir. Q,w,x oluşmaz. Altı Türkçe harf Amerikali öğrencilere yabancıdır Onlar (ç,ğ,ş,ı,ö, ü).
| Letter | Name | Approximate pronunciation |
| Aa | a | as u in sun |
| Bb | b | as b in book |
| Cc | ce | as j in jump |
| Çç | çe | as ch in chicken |
| Dd | de | as d in door |
| Ee | e | as e in egg |
| Ff | fe | as f in father |
| Gg | ge | as g in go |
| Ğğ | soft g | as y in yet |
| Hh | he | as h in head |
| Iı | I | as the second vowel in nation |
| İi | i | as i in bit |
| Jj | zh | as s in measure |
| Kk | ke | as k in king |
| Ll | le | as l in lemon |
| Mm | me | as m in monkey |
| Nn | ne | as n in nose |
| Oo | o | as o in ocean |
| Öö | ö | as eu in French peu |
| Pp | pe | as p in parrot |
| Rr | re | as r in rock |
| Ss | se | as in sit |
| Şş | sh | as sh in shoe |
| Tt | te | as in table |
| Uu | u | as u in pull |
| Üü | ü | as ü in über |
| Vv | ve | as v in van |
| Yy | ye | as y in yellow |
| Zz | ze | as z in zebra |
1. In general, stress tends to be placed on the last syllable in a word.
1. Genel olarak , vurgu bir kelimenin son hecesinde olma eğilimindedir.
2. Soft “g”
Ğğ (yumuşak g ‘soft g’). This letter never begins and ends a word.
2. Yumuşak g “Ğğ “: bu harf asla bir kelimeyi başlatmaz veya bitirmez .
And about the spelling; Turkish spelling is phonetic, the same letters always indicating the same sound. Words borrowed from other languages are frequently spelled out phonetically.
- Şevrole: Chevrolet
- Çörçil: Churchill
Note: any sequence of vowel immediately followed by vowel is to be pronounce with a full stop between the two vowels.
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You can also check out the Turkish Grammar page to read other grammatical articles.