Learn the 29 letters of the Turkish Alphabet and how to pronounce them.

1. Turkish Alphabet
29 Letters

2. • Letter name: a
• Pronunciation: As in “ugly”
A

3. • Letter name: be
• Pronunciation: As in “bell”
B

4. • Letter name: ce
• Pronunciation: As in “jealous”
C

5. • Letter name: çe
• Pronunciation: As in “chair”
Ç

6. • Letter name: de
• Pronunciation: As in “decade”
D

7. • Letter name: e
• Pronunciation: As in “elephant”
E

8. • Letter name: fe
• Pronunciation: As in “federal”
F

9. • Letter name: ge
• Pronunciation: As in “get”
G

10. • Letter name: Ģe
• *There is no word that begins with the letter Ģ in Turkish
Ģ

11. • Letter name: he
• Pronunciation: As in “helicopter”
H

12. • Letter name: ı
• Pronunciation: As in “number”
I

13. • Letter name: i
• Pronunciation: As in “insect”
İ

14. • Letter name: je
• Pronunciation: As in “azure” (garaj = garage, pronounced as
J
in French and English)

15. • Letter name: ke
• Pronunciation: As in “kettle”
K

16. • Letter name: le
• Pronunciation: As in “leg”
L

17. • Letter name: me
• Pronunciation: As in “men”
M

18. • Letter name: ne
• Pronunciation: As in “never”
N

19. • Letter name: o
• Pronunciation: As in “orchestra”
O

20. • Letter name: ö
• Pronunciation: As in “urge”
Ő

21. • Letter name: pe
• Pronunciation: As in “pen”
P

22. • Letter name: re
• Pronunciation: As in “red”
R

23. • Letter name: se
• Pronunciation: As in “sell”
S

24. • Letter name: şe
• Pronunciation: As in “shelf”
Ş

25. • Letter name: te
• Pronunciation: As in “telephone”
T

26. • Letter name: u
• Pronunciation: As in “oops”
U

27. • Letter name: ü
• Pronunciation: As in “fruit, nude”
Ü

28. • Letter name: ve
• Pronunciation: As in “vegetable”
V

29. • Letter name: ye
• Pronunciation: As in “yes”
Y

30. • Letter name: ze
• Pronunciation: As in “zebra”
Z

31. • Hear all 29 letters pronounced at
http://www.onlineturkish.com/alphabet.asp
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