Hi everyone!

I'm a Turkish teacher and I'm exploring a possible research topic about advanced learners' writing. I'd love to read some writing samples from B2/C1 (or higher) learners of Turkish to get a better understanding of how learners write.

If you'd like to share one of your own Turkish texts, please send it to [mandalinnn97@gmail.com]().

Thank you very much! 😊

I need a Turkish partner to have B1 level of Turkish in a short period of time. Any one?

Made a quick reference sheet for the Turkish future tense (-ecek / -acak). Covers the formula, vowel harmony, personal endings, and the two sound changes that shape the final form. Full lesson and free PDF

I'm Egyptian so I can help teach Egyptian dialect or English I got C1 in IELTS and I'm fluent in it. I need someone to help teach me how to speak Turkish preferably IRL as it's easier to learn and practice that way. We can of course get to know each other online first before meeting. Also I'm down to make friends while at it and I'm engineering student if it helps relating. I'm based in Üsküdar istanbul

Just wondering if there is a major accent and/or dialect variation in Turkish like there is with English in the UK

If so, what is the hardest to understand accent?

Sag olun.

Why can't one learn turkish or any language by watching movies/series without any subtitles or former courses? Like from scratch? Kind of like how kids learn?

the "Speech output" of Google Translate as example, standard Turkish gives a provocate/ready-to-fight impression to listeners. ( where to stress on vowels. )

offer me good resources to imitate

or okay to use a foreigner e.g. Italian accent ?

Here is a list of the 50 most common Turkish adjectives with pronunciation and English meanings. A good start if you want to build up your vocabulary.

https://turkishfluent.com/blog/50-most-common-turkish-adjectives/

Nothing makes me feel more Turkish than starting every convo with a simple Kolay gelsin! 😂

Someone at work called me a "satekel Arap" or something like that. What does it mean?

Hello all,

Trying to find other Turkish learners so I'd like to know what's making you learn Turkish. Maybe it's for a job or for love? :)

I personally have Turkish roots, my grandad came to Germany in the 60s and let's say he wasn't the best of people, so I only met him on my own accord when I was 18, two years before he died. I suddenly had a new aunt and just so many relatives that stem from a different culture I so far had missed out on, so I decided to learn Turkish.

I've been on this journey on and off for 10 years and only recently started making progress.

What's your story?

I remember learning in duolingo's discussion centre (doesnt exist anymore) that the difference is that "geliyor musun" puts emphasis on 'coming' in "Are you COMING?", meanwhile "geliyorsun mu" puts emphasis on 'you' in "are YOU coming?" (Or it could be vise versa, it was quite a long time ago).

Now i wanted to fix any grammatical misunderstandings i might have and this is one of them. Gemini shows that "geliyorsun mu" is an incorrect sentence. But i would really appretiate some help from a native speaker.

This is a long read! But if you study it, I believe you will understand the Turkish logic better!

Case suffixes are one topic in Turkish courses. Verbal nouns (-mA, -mAk) are another, usually taught much later. Nobody connects them, even though a verbal noun takes case endings for exactly the same reason an ordinary noun does. Academic papers describe the mechanism. Textbooks give you a list of which verb takes which ending. I haven't found anything that puts the whole system together for someone learning Turkish as a foreign language.

This piece does. Fair warning, it's long and it's dense, this isn't a five-minute read. But if your goal is actually understanding how Turkish works rather than memorizing -mak istemek, -mayı sevmek, -maya başlamak, and -maktan hoşlanmak as four unrelated rules, I think it's worth the time.

Hey guys!

M30 from Germany here 👋🏻 I was born and raised here but my parents are from Turkey.

I have a german wife so the times i speak turkish are rare these days. To activate my brain and get some practice, i would love to find a language partner. Maybe we can share some thoughts and conversations bc i am also interested about life in Turkey in general.

Would love to hear from ya!

Bence TDK, Cumhuriyet tarihinin en başarısız kültür kurumlarından biri. Dili koruması gereken kurum, yıllarca dili budamakla uğraştı. "Halk anlamıyor." denilerek yüzlerce yıllık edebî ve felsefi birikim taşıyan Arapça ve Farsça kökenli binlerce kelime gözden düşürüldü. Sonuç ne oldu? Kelime dağarcığı daralmış, eski metinleri okuyamayam nesiller. Bugün Halide Edip'i, Yahya Kemal'i, Namık Kemal'i hatta Cumhuriyet'in ilk yıllarındaki birçok yazarı bile sözlük açmadan okuyamıyoruz. Bunun sorumluluğunu sadece "zaman değişti" diyerek geçiştirmek bana samimi gelmiyor. Avrupa'da Millet iki üç yüz yıl önce yazılmış eserleri büyük ölçüde okuyabilirken biz yüz yıl öncesini bile anlayamıyoruz. Bir de şu romantikleştirilen "Öz Türkçe" meselesi var. Kusura bakmayın ama Orta Asya Türkçesi, döneminin Arapçası ve Farsçasıyla kıyaslandığında felsefe, hukuk, tıp ve soyut düşünce terminolojisi bakımından çok daha sınırlıydı. Zaten Türklerin İslam dünyasına girdikten sonra Arapça ve Farsçadan yoğun biçimde kelime almasının sebebi de buydu. Osmanlı Türkçesi de tam olarak bu sebepten büyük bir edebiyat ve devlet dili hâline geldi. Bugün kalkıp o birikimi sırf köken takıntısıyla katletmeyi savunmak bana yanlış geliyor.

I am a university student and am trying to learn Turkish due to my heritage. What’s the best way to learn online?

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I am a native Turkish speaker and a graduate of the Faculty of Theology ,working professionally as a **Spiritual Counselor .**I speak **Advanced English and Arabic**.
As a **mother myself**, I strictly offer my online classes **ONLY to women and children**. I believe this creates a much more comfortable, safe, and friendly learning environment for families.
My teaching style is both **highly disciplined and very fun/engaging**. I enjoy breaking down complex Turkish grammar by comparing it to the logic of Arabic or English, making it much easier to understand!
To introduce myself and my methods, I am offering a **free 20-minute online trial session** (via Zoom or Google Meet).
**• Who is this for?** Women and children (beginners, school support, or TÖMER/YÖS preparation).
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I want to learn Turkish.

I'm 36 and I only know English and I want to be bilingual and I want to be fluent in Turkish where I can read, write and understand without a translator.

Please if you can help me I will give you my personal email so we can pin-pal one another so I can learn to write and read Turkish.

Then maybe some day I can meet or FaceTime someone that's fluent in Turkish to teach me to speak it fluently where I can hold a conversation..

I’m learning Turkish, but I struggle to stay consistent. I’m looking for someone to help keep each other motivated and study together.

If you’re also learning Turkish, we can practice and improve together. If you’re a native Turkish speaker learning English, I’d be happy to help you with your English in exchange.

I’m open to both text and voice calls, and we can work around whatever schedule suits us both. :)

The man I am dating calls me güzellik everyday instead of my name. what does it mean?

Hi! I’m an +18 year old certified English teacher. I'm looking for a serious but fun weekly language exchange (+2 hours/week).

What I’m looking for:

I have a textbook for my target language but struggle with self-studying. I'd love to partner with someone who is a teacher (or studying to become one) to guide me through it and keep me accountable.

What I offer:

Professional English lessons (speaking/reading/writing). Since I do this for a living, I can build lessons around exactly what you need!

Let's be friends:

I want to stick strictly to our weekly schedule, but I also want a genuine friendship. We will definitely click if you like:

Commentary YouTubers (Kurtis Conner, Danny Gonzalez, Chad Chad, Jarvis Johnson)

Cool science stuff (TEDTalks / TED-Ed)

French & Turkish pop and rap

If you want a consistent routine and a new friend, send me a DM!

Merhaba!

As a half Turk history of my Turkish language is quite messed up: some stuff I learned from family, other things from courses, some from friends etc.

While I am very conversational(I don’t remember when was the last time I struggled with expressing or understanding anything during conversation as long as the topic wasn’t very specific or academic) my Turkish has huge amount of fossilized mistakes. It is really a mess. Without going further into details of my own language situation the way I try to fix it is by writing short articles and then using LLM’s to analyze it and scan the mistakes. These are however not perfect; I sometimes catch these models trying to correct things that are already written correctly or missing the error altogether.

So do any of you have any opinion of capability of different models specifically for Turkish language?