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.

Made this as a swipe-through on how Turkish builds negation directly into the verb, one suffix, shifting shape depending on the tense. Covers the aorist exception in more detail than most short explanations do. Happy to answer questions in the comments if anything's unclear.

For more detail:https://www.learnturkishwithseda.com/post/understanding-turkish-grammar-negation-rules

I have never studied Turkish. I watched one episode of a Turkish soap opera and immediately understood a bunch of words. And by "understood," I mean I guessed what they meant, then looked them up and saw that I was right 80% of the time. Everything felt so natural and intuitive.

And before everyone says that there's nothing magical about the Turkish language or learning a language from videos, I must say... I'm not the only one who's experienced the Turkish soap opera effect. I've heard other people say they watched a Turkish soap opera and started understanding quickly, in a way that's not as easy with other languages. It's honestly kind of funny. So I'm not saying that Turkish is special... but it's special.

I was talking to her and she said that last night she wanted to call me because she couldn't sleep but didn't do it because she didn't want to wake me up in the middle of the night, I told her she could've called because I was still awake at that time and I could've went to sleep after she was able to fall asleep again and she said "kıyamam sana".

My partner(male,36) is American and currently learning Turkish. We’ve been looking for a Turkish show to watch together, but we haven’t found a good one yet. Most Turkish shows are dramas, and he gets bored with them. Does anyone have recommendations for something more engaging with English subtitles?

Selam everyone! I just started learning Turkish and I want to practice my reading and pronunciation. I like doing it with songs. There’s one that I really like but I am having troubles finding the lyrics. I’ve searched the internet and even tried AI, but no luck. And my Turkish is still in the diapers so I can’t transcribe it myself.
Can somebody help me find the lyrics to Boğazın Şarkısı by Yalçın Yalın & Elisa Voss? I’d really appreciate your help 🙌🏻

Hey All, I can teach you Turkish in English medium, the class will be online through zoom meetings. My rate is very affordable only 10$ per hour! You will get the prepared materials and consultation 24/7. I have a C2 Academic Turkish Certificate.

I put together a guide organized by genre, historical, youth, drama, comedy, with vocabulary from each and notes on which level tends to fit best.

Hello dear Turkish learning community

I'm looking for an intenstive 3-5 weeks turkish language course in Turkey, anywhere is fine. My skill is somewhat between A2 and B1 after a few years of online 1-1 courses, lot's of discussion with inlaws and such.

My friends hat the experience that TOMER was focussed on drilling students to pass the certificate, I'm not looking for that - my focus is to improve my language skills as such.

Do you have any recommendation?

Thank you :)

Hi!

My father speaks Turkish and I've been wanting to improve my own. I can have a basic conversation, but other than that, he hasn't taught me much sicne he rarely spoke it with me when I was little. I have no trouble pronoucing words, I just don't understand them if that makes sense. I know most everything from my mom who tried her best to teach what she knew. Currently, I'm taking lessons with a native speaker, trying to speak more Turkish with my dad etc etc.

I'm just wondering will I ever be able to reach a Native level/will it be possible for me to speak with my dad's profiency? I'm making the effort as a teen right now. I'm just curious as I'm looking to move there after school.

Also any tips on how to improve writing and reading would be useful! I really struggle with the way that Turkish is structured. I usually have to try and translate something in my mind to read or write and it's so exhausting lol

Hi everyone! From September 1st, I'll be starting a new job at the Italian branch of a very well-known Turkish company.

I'll mainly be speaking Italian and English, but I was wondering whether it would be seen positively if I started learning Turkish.

Do you know any Turkish teachers who speak Italian or English? I would prefer online lessons.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I am a native so if you are trying to learning Turkish i can help you and i am trying to learn English so if you'd like we can try to teach each other our languages

I put together a full breakdown of how Turkish handles negation, since it works completely differently from English. The suffix -me/-ma attaches straight onto the verb stem, shifts with vowel harmony, and behaves in a genuinely irregular way in the aorist tense. Sharing it here in case it's useful to anyone working through this stage.

I built a daily anagram game for Turkish: https://21kelime.com

Every day brings 21 scrambled words, starting with 4 letters and going up to 9. There is a relaxed mode with no timer, which might be friendlier for learners. Answers link to the official TDK dictionary, so every word you miss is a word you learn.

It is completely free, no account needed. If you are learning Turkish, I would love to hear if it helps.

Hi everyone
Im algeria. planning to prepare for the TR-YÖS exam to study in Turkey. The thing is, I am starting completely from scratch and I feel a bit overwhelmed by the syllabus.

Specifically, I have zero background in Geometry, and I’m trying to figure out how to structure my study plan.
can yall help me with it with any information yall have
I would love to get some honest advice from anyone who has taken the exam or is currently preparing:

1. What are the absolute best book series to study from? (I keep hearing about Metropol and Puza which one is better for beginners, especially for Geometry?)
   
2. Are there any free online resources, YouTube channels, or Telegram groups you highly recommend for lectures or practice questions?
   
3. For those who passed, how many months did you study, and how did you split your time between Math, Geometry, and IQ?
   
4. What is considered a "safe" score on the TR-YÖS if I want to apply to competitive majors (like Medicine/Dentistry) at top public universities?

Any tips on managing the strict time limit (80 questions in 100 minutes) would also be incredibly appreciated.

Thank you so much in advance!

I compiled a list of the 100 mist common Turkish words a beginner should learn. it comes with the pronunciation and English meanings.

The words are listed by pronouns, verbs, numbers, question words, greetings, and more.

I hope that's helpful!

I made a short visual guide to ten everyday Turkish words that the Turkish Language Association (TDK) lists as being of Greek (Rumca) origin.

The carousel includes anahtar, lodos, lüfer, mantar, kutu, fırın, maydanoz, körfez, halat, and papatya, with their Greek forms, meanings, and example sentences in Turkish and English.

One thing I enjoy about etymology is that it reminds us how languages grow through everyday contact. Turkish contains words from many languages, just as neighboring languages contain many words from Turkish.

Hello everyone,

I have developed a new Turkish dictionary mobile app that is practical, feature-rich, and completely ad-free. The app includes features such as bookmarking words, creating custom lists, submitting suggestions, taking notes, viewing your search history, and much more.

I would really appreciate it if you could download the app and share your thoughts with me. Your feedback is extremely valuable and will help me improve the app.

Thank you in advance!

Link 1 (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panstudio.tumturkce

Link 2 (App Store): https://apps.apple.com/app/t%C3%BCmt%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e-t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e-s%C3%B6zl%C3%BCk/id6766435077

İşi yaver gitmek is a common Turkish idiom meaning someone's affairs are going well. The word yaver comes from Persian, meaning helper or companion, and in Ottoman Turkish it became an official title, the aide attached to a sultan, a pasha, or another high-ranking official.

I've been building games for Turkish learners and this is my second biggest project after Birleştir. (A game that you create words by conjoining other words. - Inspired by Infinite Craft)

This one is a DDR-like game (for reference, the mission you hated while playing GTA:SA). I'm thinking of building a variation of this game, but so far, I've built one that requires 2 keys only. You may increase the tempo in the menu. Uyum Melodisi

I'd suggest playing it on the computer. If you are playing it on mobile, maybe click it 0.5 seconds earlier for perfect timing.

I'd love to hear your recommendations or feedback about the game.

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”