The Turkish Language | The Essentials

Speak Turkish
Learn the essentials…

Turkish isn´t an easy language to learn, but it’s worth picking up a few words and phrases to amuse yourself and to astonish and delight Turks!

Despite oddities such as the silent ‘g’(?) and undotted i (?) , Turkish is phonetic and simple to pronounce. In a few minutes you can get the hang of the sounds, and then you’re ready to start talking. Most letters are said just as they’re written: but here’s a list of the tricky ones: Read more

A practical guide to spoken Turkish for foreign travellers

We found a very good book the other day whilst we were shopping in Dalaman town centre; this book has been prepared to help foreign travellers be understood when speaking some basic Turkish, making it easy to communicate with the Turkish people

The guide contains daily situations that you may encounter to teach you to speak real Turkish in real situations.

A fantastic small book to carry with you. The guide is written by Mehmet AKTAR.

You can obtain this book from any good book store at a very modest price.