Learn the Turkish Alphabet

Türk alfabesi

Learn to read the Turkish Alphabet (Türk alfabesi): all 29 letters with names, sounds and audio, plus flashcards, listening, typing and matching practice.

Letter	Name	Latin letters	Sound
A a	A	a	a as in father
B b	Be	b	b as in ball
C c	Ce	c	like j in jam, never like k or s
Ç ç	Çe	ç	like ch in church
D d	De	d	d as in dog
E e	E	e	e as in bed
F f	Fe	f	f as in fish
G g	Ge	g	hard g as in go; a little softer (gy) next to e, i, ö, ü
Ğ ğ	Yumusak ge	ğ	silent; lengthens the vowel before it (dağ = daa), or a light y between e/i vowels
H h	He	h	h as in hat, always pronounced
I ı	Dotless i	ı	like the a in 'about' with unrounded lips; no dot, in either case
İ i	Dotted i	i	ee as in see; keeps its dot even as capital İ
J j	Je	j	like s in measure or the French j
K k	Ke	k	k as in kite; a little softer (ky) next to e, i, ö, ü
L l	Le	l	l as in let; darker, like in ball, next to a, ı, o, u
M m	Me	m	m as in mother
N n	Ne	n	n as in no
O o	O	o	o as in more, short and round
Ö ö	Ö	ö	like German ö or French eu: say 'eh' with rounded lips
P p	Pe	p	p as in pen
R r	Re	r	a light tapped r, as in Spanish pero
S s	Se	s	s as in sun, never like z
Ş ş	Şe	ş	like sh in ship
T t	Te	t	t as in top
U u	U	u	oo as in food, short
Ü ü	Ü	ü	like German ü or French u: say 'ee' with rounded lips
V v	Ve	v	v as in van, often soft, close to w
Y y	Ye	y	y as in yes, always a consonant
Z z	Ze	z	z as in zoo

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