The Turkish alphabet is composed of 29 Roman letters. It has twenty-one consonants and eight vowels. Unlike the English alphabet, it does not have the letters “q”, “w”, and “x”. In addition, it has the letters “ç”, “ğ”, “ı”, “ö”, “ş”, and “ü”.
Capital letters
Lower case letters
Turkish Alphabet – Sound and Pronunciation
The following table contains pronunciation and sound of each letter in the Turkish alphabet.
| A | a | a as in father |
| B | b | b as in bat |
| C | c | j as in jar |
| Ç | ç | ch as in cheese |
| D | d | d as in dig |
| E | e | e as in fetch |
| F | f | f as in fun |
| G | g | g as in give |
| Ğ | ğ | lengthens preceding vowel |
| H | h | h as in hat |
| I | ı | ı as in oven |
| İ | i | i as in insect |
| J | j | zh as in treasure |
| K | k | k as in kit |
| L | l | l as in bill |
| M | m | m as in map |
| N | n | n as in net |
| O | o | aw as in awl |
| Ö | ö | i as in bird |
| P | p | p as in pet |
| R | r | r as in mirror |
| S | s | s as in sun |
| Ş | ş | sh as in ship |
| T | t | t as in top |
| U | u | oo as in pool |
| Ü | ü | between ee and oo |
| V | v | v as in vast |
| Y | y | y as in yes |
| Z | z | z as in zebra |
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