The Turkish alphabet contains 29 letters. There are 8 vowels and 21 consonants. Although letters Q, W, X do not appear, there are 6 more letters, namely; ?, Ð, Þ, ?, ?, I. The other letters are the same in both alphabets, but they are pronounced differently.

Aa Bb Cc ?? Dd Ee Ff Gg ?? Hh I? ?i Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo ?? Pp Rr Ss ?? Tt Uu ?? Vv Yy Zz

NOTE: Please notice the letters

Minuscule:i Capital:Ý
minuscule:ý Capital:I



Turkish Alphabet With Sounds




1A - a as in "ugly "

B - be as in "bell"

C - ce as in "jealous"

? ? ?e as in "chair"

D - de as in "decade"

E - e as in "elephant"

F - fe as in "federal"

G - ge as in "get"

Ð ? ðe*

H - he as in "helicopter"

I - ý as in "number"

Ý - i as in "insect"

J - je as in "azure" (garaj = garage, pronounced as in French & English)

K - ke as in "kettle"

L - le as in "leg"

M - me as in "men"

N - ne as in "never"

O - o as in "orchestra"

? - ? as in "urge"

P - pe as in "pen"

R - re as in "red"

S - se as in "sell"

Þ - þe as in "shelf"

T - te as in "telephone"

U - u as in "oops!"

? ? ? as in "fruit, nude"

V - ve as in "vegetable"

Y - ye as in "yes"

Z - ze as in "zebra"

*NOTE: There is no word that begins with the letter Ð in Turkish.