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The Turkish alphabet contains 29 letters, 8 of which are vowels and 21 of which are consonants.

Here is the alphabet, with the vowels in red and the consonants in black;

a b c ç d e f g ğ h i ı j k l m n o ö p r s ş t u ü v y z

Pronounciation

Turkish is generally quite easy to pronounce, mainly because unlike English, words are said just as they are written and every letter (with the exception of - 'ğ') are pronounced. The unfamiliar letters are pronounced as follows:

ç - 'ch' (as in 'church')

c - 'j' (as in jealous)

ğ - silent but lengthens the vowel before

ı - 'uh' (as in but)

ö - 'er' (as in burn)

ş - 'sh' (as it shut)

ü - 'ooh' (as in few)

Examples

şeker (sugar) is pronounced 'she-ker'

göz (eye) is pronounced 'gurz'

çalışmak (to work) is pronounced 'cha-lush-mak'

kadın (woman) is pronounced 'ka-duhn'

utangaç (shy) is pronounced 'utan-gach'

cuma (friday) is pronounced 'juma'

soğuk (cold) is pronounced 'so-ook'