The Turkish Alphabet


  • Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters - 8 vowels and 21 consonants.
  • Each letter has exactly one associated sound which never changes.
  • Three letters of the English alphabet are missing in the Turkish alphabet:
    • (Q-q)
    • (W-w)
    • (X-x)
  • There are six additional characters not found in the English alphabet:
    • (ŽÇ-ç)
    • (Ğ-ğ)
    • (I-ı)
    • (İ-i)
    • (ŽÖ-ö)
    • (Ş-ş)
    • (ŽÜ-ü)
  • The letters of Turkish alphabet and the sounds associated with these are in the following table:
(A, a) (B, b) (C, c) (ŽÇ, ç) (D, d)
(E, e) (F, f) (G, g) (Ğ, ğ) (H, h)
(I, ı) (İ, i) (J, j) (K, k) (L, l)
(M, m) (N, n) (O, o) (ŽÖ, ö) (P, p)
(R, r) (S, s) (Ş, ş) (T, t) (U, u)
(ŽÜ, ü) (V, v) (Y, y) (Z, z)


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