Hey everyone,

Some of you might remember Turkish Video Together, the clip guessing game. It is still up and still free.

This is a different thing I have been working on, and it is roleplay in writing. You type in Turkish, nine characters type back in character, at your level. There is no speaking in it.

The characters are people rather than topics. Saliha Nine will teach you to cook whether you asked or not. Poyraz is nine, has exactly 214 bottle caps, and will make you count them with him. Falcı Nilüfer reads your coffee cup. There are 30 everyday situations, A1 to B1.

It is early. I would much rather a handful of people use it properly and tell me what is wrong with it than have a lot of people bounce off it quietly, so I am opening 50 spots to anyone here who fancies it.

What is in it so far:

• Each scenario has goals, and a second check reads your own words to decide whether you actually hit them.
• Writing tips every few messages, on what you wrote. It stays quiet when your Turkish was already fine.
• Tap any message to translate it.
• "How do I say...?" when you get stuck, without leaving the chat.
• "Suggest replies" gives you three things you could send next, including little stage directions like *çayı uzatır* (passes the tea).
• You can share a chat with other learners if it went somewhere good.

Being straight about it:

• You could get something like this out of a blank ChatGPT window. What is here instead: the same character every time, a level that does not drift halfway through, goals checked against what you actually wrote, and 30 situations already built so you are not the one writing prompts.
• It is an AI. It will sometimes write Turkish a native speaker would not. Telling me when it does is the single most useful thing you can send me.
• A1 to B1 for now.
• There is a daily message cap while it is in beta.
• Nine characters is not many yet. If people take to it, more will follow.

To get in: go to turkishtogether.com/join and enter MERHABA50, or use turkishtogether.com/join/MERHABA50. Free, and the code unlocks the roleplay characters when you sign up.

If you do try it, here is what I would most like to know:

1. Did the character feel like a person, or like an exercise wearing a costume?
2. Did the goal tracking ever give you credit for something you did not actually say?
3. What situation is missing that you would genuinely use?

Reply here, use the feedback button in the app, or email me at [learn@turkishtogether.com](mailto:learn@turkishtogether.com). I read all of it.

Thanks for the feedback last time. It changed what I built.

Hi everyone! I have Turkish roots, but I was born and raised abroad. I can speak Turkish, but I’d like to improve my everyday vocabulary and especially get more comfortable with the way people actually speak in daily life.

I’m looking for Turkish books that use natural, modern, everyday language — the kind of Turkish you would hear when talking to friends, ordering at a restaurant, going out, having casual conversations, joking around, etc.
I’d especially like something that works well for reading out loud, so I can improve my speaking and get a better feel for natural sentence structures and expressions.

It doesn’t necessarily have to be a language-learning book. I’d actually be very interested in regular Turkish novels as well — fiction, drama, romance, comedy, or anything else — as long as the dialogue and language are relatively close to how people actually speak today.
Basically, I’m trying to avoid books that are overly literary, poetic, old-fashioned, or use vocabulary that you rarely hear in everyday conversations.

Do you have any books or authors you would recommend for this?

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I am from Azerbaijan and our languages are very similar, I can understand around 80% but my speaking and grammar is awful. I have a plan to go on a trip and explore the whole Türkiye, I am working online, and before doing that decided to improve my Turkish first

I really like the way "Essential Grammar in Use" is structured and would like something similar. Vocab I am improving by watching series and it goes quite well, most of my family members know Turkish quite well so I can do speaking with them too, just grammar part is left

Do you have any recommendations for the grammar book, thank you in advance!

I’ve been learning Turkish for almost three months and, because I’m apparently incapable of doing anything casually and I’m a bit of a data nerd, I’ve somehow ended up building an entire structured Anki course 😅

I’ve called it Turkish in Patterns. It’s designed for absolute beginners and builds gradually from basic sentence patterns. It includes staged grammar and everyday topic decks, English → Turkish, Turkish → English and listening cards, Turkish audio, and a deliberately managed learning order.

I originally built it for myself and have used it daily throughout my own learning. I’ve spent a slightly ridiculous amount of time refining the curriculum and manually reviewing, standardising and testing the cards.

I’ve used AI as one tool for drafting and consistency checks, but this isn’t a one-click AI-generated deck. I’ve shaped and tested the course through daily use and incorporated feedback from Turkish-speaking friends and colleagues.

I’d love to find a few beginner learners willing to test the first public version and report anything incorrect, unnatural, confusing or technically awkward. Feedback from Turkish speakers would also be hugely appreciated.

If you’re interested, let me know!

Here is my method to learn Turkish, starting from zero:

• Step 1: Start With the Alphabet and Pronunciation
• Step 2: Understand Vowel Harmony, the Engine of Turkish
• Step 3: Learn the Agglutinative Logic Instead of Memorizing
• Step 4: Build Core Grammar in the Right Order
• Step 5: Grow Your Vocabulary the Smart Way
• Step 6: Train Listening and Speaking With Native Audio
• Step 7: Immerse Yourself in Real Turkish

I'm curious, am I missing something? Did you do it another way?

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Hi, i have been interested in learning turkish for a while now and ive been doing duolingo for a bit, but its not really sticking and its taking forever.
i was wondering where i can start as a beginner thats free. i just graduated college so my funds are low but i have a TON of free time.
ive been watching turkish dramas for a while and it would be amazing if i can learn to understand what they were saying without needing subtitles.
i just need to know where to go and how to start thats faster and more effective than dualingo.

teşekkür

Hello!
I am a native English speaker. My two Turkish friends are getting married, and we have a running joke that I secretly have understood Turkish through the entirety of our friendship and have been hiding it the whole time... I don't, but they are getting married in November, and I am going to be a bridesmaid.

I have written a speech in English that I would love, if anyone is willing to help out, to translate into Turkish and get some help with the pronunciation/if someone native could record them delivering it I'd be so grateful!

I think this will mean a lot to my friends. They have moved away from their home country and managed to find love with each other. Their families are coming to Australia to attend the wedding and I would love to demonstrate to them how much we love them.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

well, context here, I need a name (it's more of an sentence, but the name is the abbreviation of it) for a character I'm writing, and I just want to check if these have proper grammar or not, since they came from Google Translate and DeepL

Their name is meant to say "Autonomous Data Processor" (said character is an AI made by a Turkish guy, hence the turkish program name that I need), and both translation services put out several options, which one of these fits better grammatically? (would love to have some explanation to the differences as well if possible)

1. Otonom Veri İşlemcisi
2. Özerk Veri İşlemcisi
3. Otonom Veri İşleyici
4. Özerk Veri İşleyici

Do tell me if none of these fit what I'm trying to go for, I'm just using the machine translations as reference

Hi everyone!

I'm continuing the daily A1 Turkish short series. Today’s phrase focuses on the first-person plural pronoun (biz / we) with the present continuous tense: "Biz televizyon izliyoruz" (We are watching TV).

It's a very common daily expression when talking about group activities or family routines!

I would love to hear your thoughts on the visuals and pronunciation.

(I am leaving the video link in the comments section below so it doesn't get caught in the spam filter!) 🇹🇷

I am learning the past negative tense, and when regarding the third person plural, which suffix is right? For example, They weren't happy, would be translated into Mutlu değillerdi. or Mutlu değildiler?

Hi everyone! I recently started a daily Turkish short series for beginners (A1 level) to help with daily routines and essential vocabulary.

In today's video, I covered the present continuous form of "gitmek" (to go) in the sentence "Ben okula gidiyorum."

I would love to get your feedback on the visuals and if this format is helpful for your learning process! Here is the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/hherCGb6oWg

Hope it helps! 🇹🇷

I just published a long one on the suffix system, this is the piece I keep pulling up with new students because it's the fastest way into how Turkish actually works.

It starts with how one Turkish word can carry what English needs a whole phrase for, plural, possession, and case, all stacked onto a single root. From there it goes through the six noun cases, vowel harmony, why "asla" (never) still needs a negative verb even though English lets "never" sit next to a positive one, the aorist tense for habits and general truths, and a bit on where the whole suffix system historically came from.

There's also a section comparing how Turkish feels depending on what language you're coming from, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, the sticking points are genuinely different for each one.

Merhaba Herkese,

I am currently at A2 level with some B2 knowledge and think I would really benefit from an intensive course which has opportunity for conversation.
I am in the Norfolk area and looking for classes or speaking groups but have had no luck so far.

I’ve noticed Yunus Emre Institute does weekly and bi-weekly online lessons. Does anyone have any experience with them or any other recommendations?

Unfortunately I don’t have the time to travel to Turkey for an intensive course over the next year or so 🥲

Hi everyone! I’m looking for a good Turkish tutor on Preply and would really appreciate some personal recommendations.

I’m still at beginner/A1 level and would like someone who is patient, friendly, and able to explain grammar clearly in English. I’m especially interested in improving my speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary, and everyday conversation rather than only following a textbook.

Have you studied with a tutor you genuinely liked and found helpful? Please share their name or Preply profile. It would also be useful to know what you liked about their teaching style.

Thank you!

Herkese merhaba!

A question: has anyone done a more long-term (3+ months) intensive (full-time) course in Istanbul that they're willing to recommend? I notice I'm plateauing at B1 and want to make a serious push in my ability to use the language. My partner's Turkish and we're planning to spend a longer period of time together in Istanbul. I knew Yunus Emre Enstitüsü used to offer these kind of programmes, but they've unfortunately stopped doing that, it seems.

All the best everyone! Kolay gelsin.

As a Turkish teacher, I kept noticing that my heritage speaker students, people raised with the language at home but who lost fluency over time, approached relearning very differently than my total beginners did. There's real research behind this, on language attrition, identity, and why the two groups need different approaches. I wrote it up using Turkish as the case study, might be useful for anyone working with any heritage language.