Turkish alphabet

The Turkish alphabet is used for writing, speaking and reading in Turkish. This alphabet is modified from the Latin alphabet. There are 29 letters in the Turkish alphabet. Seven letters that have been changed from their original Latin forms (Ç, Ğ, Ö, Ş, and Ü) are in the Turkish alphabet

Capital letters

A

B

C

Ç

D

E

F

G

Ğ

H

I

İ

J

K

L

M

N

O

Ö

P

R

S

Ş

T

U

Ü

V

Y

Z

Lower case letters

a

b

c

ç

d

e

f

g

ğ

h

ı

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

ö

p

r

s

ş

t

u

ü

v

y

z

There are 8 vowels in the Turkish alphabet: A, E, I, İ, O, Ö, U, Ü.

There are 21 consonants in the Turkish alphabet: B, C, Ç, D, F, G, Ğ, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, Ş, T, V, Y, Z.

Letters

Letter		IPA	Name	English approximation	Letter		IPA	Name	English approximation
A	a	/a/	a /a/	As a in father	M	m	/m/	me /meː/	As m in man
B	b	/b/	be /beː/	As b in bat	N	n	/n/	ne /neː/	As n in no
C	c	/dʒ/	ce /dʒeː/	As j in job	O	o	/o/	o /oː/	As o in not
Ç	ç	/tʃ/	çe /tʃeː/	As ch in chat	Ö	ö	/œ/	ö /œː/	As u in fur
D	d	/d/	de /deː/	As d in dog	P	p	/p/	pe /peː/	As p in put
E	e	/e/	e /eː/	As e in red	R	r	/ɾ/	re /ɾeː/	As r in rent
F	f	/f/	fe /feː/	As f in far	S	s	/s/	se /seː/	As s in sand
G	g	/g/ or /ɟ/	ge /ɟeː/	As g in gap	Ş	ş	/ʃ/	şe /ʃeː/	As sh in she
Ğ	ğ		yumuşak ge /jumuʃak ɟeː/		T	t	/t/	te /teː/	As t in top
H	h	/h/	he /heː/	As h in hot	U	u	/u/	u /uː/	As oo in moose
I	ı	/ɯ/	ı /ɯː/	Like a in about	Ü	ü	/y/	ü /yː/	As u in lute
İ	i	/i/	i /iː/	As i in machine	V	v	/v/	ve /veː/	As v in valve
J	j	/ʒ/	je /ʒeː/	As g in montage	Y	y	/j/	ye /jeː/	As y in you
K	k	/k/ or /c/	ke /ceː/	As c in cat	Z	z	/z/	ze /zeː/	As z in zip
L	l	/ɫ/ or /l/	le /leː/	As l in let

loanwords.