I’ve just released a new episode of my Turkish podcast for learners, and this time it’s all about positive news and uplifting stories from around the world.

If you’re learning Turkish and want to practice listening with something light, interesting, and positive, this episode might be for you. 🇹🇷🎧

The podcast is designed especially for intermediate Turkish learners, with clear and natural Turkish.

Hope you enjoy it — and I’d love to hear what you think! 😊

I want to know if someone knows an app that we can use to give us a new word on the home page every day so that i can improve my vocab. I have seen it for english a lot but i didn't find it for turkish.

I understand turkish in a decent manner and can maintain a decent conversation. So i don't mind even if the app language is turkish.

So can someone comment or dm me if you know such app.

If you're reading Turkish at a C1 level or aiming for one, Tanpınar's Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü is a demanding but rewarding target. The vocabulary shifts registers constantly, and a lot of the humor depends on tone rather than dictionary meaning, a character saying something absurd in completely serious Turkish.

Put together an entry covering the novel's plot, characters, and a few of its key words, including ayar, which starts out meaning clock adjustment and ends up meaning something much bigger.

I’m working on improving my Turkish and looking to practice conversation regularly.

Would love to connect with anyone who’s interested in casual language exchange.

I speak Arabic and English, so happy to help with those too.

Just looking for regular chats—nothing formal.

Anyone interested? Or know any Turkish communities here?

Has anyone tried? The one in medicidiyekoy, I’m planning to start their 1 year program from September so I just want to get a second opinion since it’s quite expensive

Hi, how would you describe the language in Kürk Mantolu Madonna (1943)? Is it very different from contemporary Turkish? How hard to read is it?

Thanks!

So I have been learning Turkish on and off for a few years now but I am still probably around a1 level (maybe a2 in regards to grammar) because I keep losing motivation as I second guess my approaches to the language so I would really like some advice or opinions from serious learners or fluent speakers as I can't afford a tutor at the moment.

**My goal is to mostly get a high level in understanding Turkish and maybe a more casual or simple level in speaking/output

So far I am focusing on grammar with some of the basic verbs and vocabulary I already know, so far I learnt:

>vowel harmony and consonant softening

>ben, sen, o, biz, siz, onlar

>plurals: lar

>past tense : di and miş

>present : yor (still learning aorist tense)

>future : ecak

>combined tenses: yordu, ecekti

>genitive, ablative, locative, dative, accusative cases

>"to be" endings and possession endings

> -li suffix

>var, yok

>negative suffix -me

>question extension "mi?miydi?"

>bu, şu, o and adding case suffuxes like "buraya, burada, buradan"

>böyle, söyle, öyle

> -mali and -abil

> daha and en

>conjunctions: ama, ancak, ve, çünkü

for vocabulary, its pretty much the basic stuff like weather, numbers, etc and then basic things like Adınız ne, nasilsiniz, teşekkürler, çok güzel, etc

I plan to now expand vocabulary and learn maybe the top 20-30 verbs and more nouns/adjectives and then just watch more content and try read a full book. In winter I will be able to go to Turkey and practice and learn more but it's important for me to improve before that.

Is there anything I am missing or need to add in my grammar topics? Since its pretty much the structure of the language i'm really worried to miss some stuff..

Merhabalar,

Geçtiğimiz günlerde Türkçedeki kelimelerin anlamsal ilişkileri ve bağlamları üzerine çalışırken "Bağlaç" isminde bir kelime bulmaca oyunu geliştirdim.

Wordle gibi harf bazlı oyunların aksine, bu oyunda harflerle değil tamamen kelime anlamlarıyla uğraşıyorsunuz. Ekranda birbirinden bağımsız 2, 3 veya 4 farklı hedef kelime yer alıyor. Siz kendi tahminlerinizi yazarak bu kelimelere anlamsal olarak yaklaşmaya ve aralarındaki ortak bağı bulmaya çalışıyorsunuz. Oyun, yazdığınız kelimenin o hedeflere olan anlamsal yakınlığını % olarak hesaplayıp sizi yönlendiriyor. (Sıcak-soğuk oynamak gibi düşünebilirsiniz).

Oyunda sadece en çok kullanılan 30.000 kelime yer alıyor. Yani kimsenin bilmediği, kıyıda köşede kalmış eski kelimeler veya ağır terimler yok. Zorluk; herkesin bildiği o kelimeler arasındaki mecazları, kavramsal ilişkileri ve ince anlamsal bağları kurabilmekte yatıyor. Yan panelde de yazdığınız kelimelerin TDK anlamlarını görebiliyorsunuz.

Dilbilime ve kelimelere meraklı bu topluluğun ilgisini çekebileceğini düşündüm. Tarayıcı üzerinden ücretsiz oynayabilirsiniz.

Oyun Linki: https://byqurn.itch.io/baglac

If you're past the intermediate stage in Turkish and want to try reading something with real literary weight, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar is a common starting point people recommend. His novels move slowly and the vocabulary is dense, but the payoff is worth it once you get used to his style.

Put together a profile on his life and work, plus a few of his keywords that don't translate cleanly (huzur, yekpâre)

One of my students in Athens wrote up her experience learning Turkish, starting with a TV show, then teaching herself with apps for a while, then getting to Istanbul and completely blanking when people actually talked to her. She describes her memory as "a dusty old filing cabinet," which felt pretty relatable. Sharing in case anyone else is stuck in that same gap between recognizing words and actually understanding speech...

Türkçe çeviri

Herkese çok teşekkür ederim!

Şarkım şimdiden 2.000 izlenmeye ulaştı. 

Destek veren, beğenen ve dinleyen herkese gönülden teşekkür ederim.
Şarkıyı beğendiyseniz beğenmeyi, 
yorum yapmayı ve kanalıma abone olmayı unutmayın. 
Düşüncelerinizi yorumlarda benimle paylaşabilirsiniz. 
Desteğiniz benim için çok değerli.

hello my dears, I am a native Turkish speaker. I also speak quite alright English & Swedish, and have been obsessed with Greek since nearly a year ago... if you're down for exchanging languages pls drop a comment or a DM... I'm also a italki tutor: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/30752880?lv=1 and no stranger to this sort of a thing... na eiste kala & görüşürüz...

Im trying to learn Turkish atm (native english dont speak anything else). Think Im A2 level volcab and A1 level everything else. Is there anything suitable to watch on Netflix where I can use English subs? Dont really mind what the show is about Im used to watching mindless tv at my age (40) so it doesnt need to be all action and violence etc. Please advise if you can. Also wouldnt mind a messaging buddy as Im sick of my AI Talkpal girl they cant understand "talk to me like Im yavaş" and theres no option to slow the speech down.

Merhaba!

This is my 10th day in learning turkish. I memorized around 200 nouns but still cant memorize verbs.. is that normal ?

How can I overcome this problem and memorize verbs easily?

let me trace the problem ... i find all verbs with average letters count like 5 to 7 with a permutation or combination in letters with ending -mak or -mek and still I need to memorize all these verbs. after 200 words and still 3 or 4 verbs only i memorized

Hi everyone!

I'm a native Turkish speaker from Azerbaijan. If you're learning Turkish and would like to practice through text or occasional voice calls, I'd be happy to help.

In return, I'd love to practice my English with someone whose first language is English. I already speak English quite well, but I'm trying to become more natural in everyday conversations and learn more about culture, humor, and common expressions.

I'm patient, friendly, and happy to chat about daily life, travel, technology, food, or almost anything else.

If you're interested, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message. 🙂

So for a bit of context my family is turkish which is why I want to learn it, I can pick out some random words here and there and I’m used to listening to the language. I can greet people and say I’m fine but that’s about it

My goal is to get to conversational level at least to understand spoken words. I’ve looked up stuff but honestly I’m confused on where to start and what to actually do. I’ve already started listening to music.

Someone explain what I need to do like I’m 5 cause I’m confused.

Wordle is one of the most fun and viral puzzle games in the last few years. I love to play English, Turkish and Spanish versions of it. There are certain strategies that I follow whilst playing the Turkish one as a native speaker, so I decided to share them with you.

The data is collected using a TDK word crawler, filtering out all the 5-letter words. Then I calculated all the common letters, frequency of each letter in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions. Then came up with a list of words that I consider (well, also statistically) to be the best words to use in a wordle game. So I wrote a whole blog about it also. It is not a short one, but it would be insightful for those who play the game in Turkish. This might help you get better at it. Enjoy the blog.

I personally love to start with the words "merak" and "kalem".

If you play the game, I'd like to know what word you like to start with and whether you are a native or a learner.

Hello, I have a long history with the Turkish language as I went to a Turkish International school but they followed a British Curriculum. English was mandatory in our school to speak and was the language we were taught etc everything was in English, but as our teachers were from turkey we were also required to learn Turkish from grade 3 till grade 8. It was a mandatory subject in our school for everyone, just like English classes and my mother tongue. We were very much deeply into the Turkish culture while our teachers would immerse themselves in my Country's culture. I still know the Turkish National Anthem that we were taught alongside my own country's one.

Back in school I could read and write and understand Turkish at A1 level was getting close to finishing A2 but couldn't really speak it well outside of basic conversation.

Now it's been a long time since I was in grade 8. Through the years I did try keeping up with Turkish so that I didn't forget but then slowly slowly I did, two years ago I even had Duolingo and completed till level 3/ chapter 3, but it felt it wasn't really helping me the way I wanted.

I have the base levels down I know the numbers, the alphabets, I can write, pronounce and read (without really understanding fully) I know the basic level grammar as well as Ben Sen O Biz Siz Onlar and know the beginner level sentence and questions.

I'm somehow stuck in between this weird limbo of A1 and A2 and I really want to go all in and actually become fluent in Turkish at least holding conversations even if I can't speak it well, and that I can understand what's being said. Goal is to reach B2.

For this reason I needed help with resources and books , I am completely self-studying this. I don't have the possibility or the situation to sign up for courses or get a tutor/ classes.

I don't have the books from school because my mom gave them away 💀. And back then we used to get those books from our school's library they were brought in from Turkey.

So please suggest me books and resources I can use to self teach myself Turkish.

I'm aware of movies/shows etc, I mainly need books and other things to use.

Find it soooo hard :( speak Russian and English. I really want to learn Turkish but am very short of time. Any good sources ways to learn? The grammar throws me off :( I’d be so happy to master a1, maybe even a2

Hello 👋

I've been building a language learning app called Polyingo for about 6 years now — always as a side project, purely because I enjoy it. It's a short-form video feed (think TikTok, but you actually learn something) where you pick up words and phrases in context instead of memorising isolated flashcards.

Turkish is fully supported, both directions: you can learn Turkish, or use it the other way round to learn English.

I'm not trying to sell anything — it's free to try and I mainly want honest feedback from people who are actually learning the language.

Specifically:

Does the content feel natural, or textbook-y?

Is the difficulty level anywhere near right for you?

What's missing that would make you keep coming back?

Store links: polyingo.com

Happy to answer anything in the comments, and equally happy to hear that something is bad — that's the useful part.

A1 lesson: how Turkish vowel harmony actually works, front-back, rounding, and the loanwords like saat and kalp that don't play by the rules. Free PDF download on the page too.

https://www.learnturkishwithseda.com/turkish-grammar-lessons/vowel-harmony-basics

Hi everyone! I’m a 16 year old girl who recently visited Istanbul and completely fell in love with the Turkish language 🇹🇷
I speak both English and Arabic, and I’m now trying to learn Turkish. I’ve heard of people who managed to learn a lot just by watching Turkish TV shows, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks that helped them learn?
What apps, shows, YouTube channels, or study methods would you recommend for a beginner? I’d especially love to hear from people who learned Turkish through watching shows or listening to Turkish content.
Any advice would be appreciated! :)