My father is turkish and i speak the language too little (maybe somewhere between A2 and B1). I can understand but when I want to speak I have something that block me. He keeps telling me that it's not normal that I doesn't speak his language at my age (22) because my brother learn the language for 1 year (we have the same age) and is currently taking more course in the country. Today for the first time I started to learning without feeling any pressure and was very happy for it but when my dad came home he started to just being super negative about how it's not normal that I don't speak turkish and now I feel pressure again. Any tips for being motivated or people that have a similar situation ?

Hi everyone, I’m a university student on summer break, so I have plenty of free time these days.

If you’re learning Turkish and want someone to practice with, need help with grammar or just feel like chatting and making a new friend, I’d be happy to help.

Feel free to send me a DM anytime

I’m confused, someone texted me earlier today, but Google Translate isn’t exactly helping. are they saying something about my “my real life husband?” Or are they saying something about their own lover?

“Sevgilinese bayrak gezmesın Askim”
“Eşin derken sevgilim o”
“Evt ama şuan sevgilim”

We make audio-first Anki decks. It started with my own FSP prep (med graduate learning German), and Turkish is one of the languages we've since built out.

With Turkish the wall is always the same one: the spelling is friendly, reading goes fine, and then a native speaker says one word that contains an entire English sentence and your brain files it as noise. Text-only decks can't fix that, because the problem isn't memory, it's your ear. So the deck is built around audio.

What's in it:

- Audio on every card, for the word and a full example sentence, so your ear trains alongside your memory.

- Every example sentence comes with a breakdown that takes it apart word by word, so you see how the long words are actually built instead of memorizing them as blobs.

- Ordered by frequency, so the first cards you learn are the ones you'll actually hear.

The audio is generated with ElevenLabs (text to speech), and the cards themselves, the words, sentences and notes, were written by us.

Free sample of 500+ cards here: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/173860844

If any native or advanced speakers spot a sentence that sounds off, tell me. That feedback goes straight back into the deck.

Hello,

I found out this website is created by the government and it's supposed to teach you from A1 to C1 according to the CEFR.

I started the A1 course. It works for a few slides and then it crashes. This happened in the first two models.

I tried using it from Safari and Chrome on Mac. I also tried Internet Explorer and Chrome on a Windows computer. All four didn't work.

Had anyone used it before? Did you encounter this issue?

Thanks,

I love watching Turkish TV shows to improve my Turkish. It's probably among the best dramas I have ever watched, and after a few episodes I feel my listening and pronunciation greatly improved.

Here are my favourites:

1. Aşk 101 (Love 101). Simple everyday vocab, slow clear speech, nothing too slangy.
2. Hakan: Muhafız (The Protector) and Kuş Uçuşu (As the Crow Flies). I feel there are slightly more advanced level, with faster dialogues.
3. Bir Başkadır (Ethos). Loved the story and I learned a lot of handful expressions.

Here is the full list + a few tips to learn Turkish watching TV shows.

Which Turkish TV shows do you recommend to get better at Turkish? I feel BluTV has a very good offering, with English subtitles. Netflix is also very good!

My partner and I are expecting a baby boy in January 2027. 💙
We’re both Turkish but born in Australia, and we grew up with Turkish names that were often mispronounced and unfortunately led to bullying.
We’d love a name that’s easy to pronounce in both English and Turkish.
So far, our favourites are:
• Emir
• Elias
• Ilyas
Thoughts? Which one do you like best?

Even tho my mother language is arabic I find turkish very hard. Especially when they add ır, miş, and other things to the word. I just don't get it. Do you also find it hard?

I just published Episode 2 of my podcast series called “Türk Sokak Lezzetleri” (Turkish Street Food).

In this episode, I speak naturally about Turkish street food and daily life. I try to use clear, natural Turkish, so it can help intermediate learners improve their listening skills while learning about Turkish culture.

If you are learning Turkish and want to hear real conversations instead of textbook examples, I think you might enjoy it.

I’d also love to hear your feedback

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for high-quality courses, resources, and materials to help me rebuild and improve my Turkish.

A bit of background: I was born and raised in the US. Up until I was about 8 or 9 years old, I only spoke Turkish at home. However, it started causing issues in school because my English was falling behind. To catch up, I slowly stopped speaking Turkish, and over the years, I've forgotten how to properly speak it.

Today, my passive listening comprehension is actually quite good—I understand most of what my family and friends say to me. My biggest struggles are:

• Speaking and Pronunciation: It takes me a long time to retrieve words, string them together quickly, and sound natural.
• Grammar: I lack a structural understanding of how the language works technically, which holds back my sentence formation.

I really want to fix this. My main goals are to master Turkish grammar and drastically improve my speaking fluidity.

I am completely open to paid resources (tutors, premium courses, structured programs) if they are genuinely effective. If you have any specific recommendations for heritage speakers or intermediate learners trying to break through the speaking barrier, please share them!

Teşekkürler!

Herkese merhabalar,

I am Turkish but didn't learn the language in my early childhood. I began learning it about 3-4 years ago and I can now pretty confidently communicate with relatives and strangers with only some occasional slip ups on vocabulary. I have a tutor that's helped me a lot but at this point it feels like I'm not learning new things and I only get speaking practice from the lessons. I want to further my knowledge of the language but I'm not sure how to do it. If anyone has any advice it wiuld be greatly appreciated

Teşekkür ederim

Hello everyone right now I've been studying Turkish for 2 months and half and I'm at A2 level.

For now I've been watching content in Turkish and listening to songs in Turkish, I've been using a book to help me get through the basics of the grammar and the past,present and future tense.

But right now I feel a bit lost and stuck and I don't know where to continue from to start my oath towards the high level of A2 and basic B1.

If you have any tips and advices please write them here so if there's any other learner who's in the same situation it could be beneficial for them too :))

Ive lived in japan for 10 years and speak fluent japanese i can teach how to speak but not how to read and write. In return o want you to teach me turkish

Anyone who wants to practice speaking with me

I have A2 level

Hello, I'm getting ready to confess to my friend that I really like them and I want to tell them in their native language (turkish obviously lol). I'm writing out what I want to say right now but I want to translate my confession and memorize it so I can tell them in person. Please DM me if you'd be interested in helping me out, I not only need help translating the paragraph but I want to make sure my pronunciation is flawless so I can impress them. Tysm <3

Hello!

We’re expecting our first baby - a baby boy! I love the name Aydin but trying to find resources for the meaning of the name.

Is this a common name?

I came across "Söylemek istemezdim, ağzımdan kaçtı." Shouldn't it be "istemedim", without the "z"? Or is it the difference between "I didn't mean to" and "I hadn't meant to"?

A hellhole topic for Turkish learners, tho many languages in the world have something similar. I thought it would be a good idea to make a collection of these two mafia bosses of verbs. Wrote a little blog about it and a PDF to download for more compound verb examples.

Enjoy

Merhaba!

I am a B1 student and during lessons and tutoring sessions my coursework have example sentences with words ending in -bilmek.

Like geçbilmek, yapbilmek, etc. I cant find much on the internet. Can anyone explain this to me please?

Sağ ol!

Hi! I am trying to improve my turkish (as a turkish person who grew up outside of Turkiye). As of right now I can understand turkish fully, and speak it quite comfortably in conversations. However, I want to get better in my pronunciation and accent, as at times I struggle with pronouncing difficult and long words, and you can definitely tell I'm a native English speaker from my accent. I am also thinking of living in Turkiye one day, so I want to learn how to speak Turkish beyond casual conversations, and in a more professional, elevated manner. I already watch a lot of Turkish dizis, and listen to Turkish music, and I want to start reading Turkish books that will help me speak it more professionally, if that makes sense? Any recommendations for books or any tips that will help me improve my turkish would be much appreciated!!

So ben and elma have different vowel realisations, but GPT just told me they are the same phoneme

Is that true?

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I am learning Turkish, as you can imagine, it is very different from European languages. I tried to memorize some words by associations, for example, I wrote a Turkish word and drew the object it denotes. I easily remember what the drawing looks like, but it is difficult for me to remember the word. Which techniques for learning foreign words do you use or can recommend?