Turkish Alphabet

English Sound

Pronunciation Example

A a

/a/

'a' as in father

B b

/b/

'b' as in book

C c

/dʒ/

'j' as in Joke

Ç ç

/tʃ/

'ch' as in chimpanzee

D d

/d/

'd' as in day

E e

/e/, /ɛ/

'e' as in red or 'a' as in cat

F f

/f/

'f' as in far

G g

/ɡ/, /ɟ/

'g' as in game

Ğ ğ

/ɣ/1

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H h

/h/

'h' as in hot

I ı

/ɯ/

'e' as in open

İ i

/i/

'i' as in machine

J j

/ʒ/

's' as in pleasure

K k

/k/, /c/

'k' as in kilo

L l

/l/, /ɫ/

'l' as in life

M m

/m/

'm' as in master

N n

/n/

'n' as in nice

O o

/o/

'o' as in more

Ö ö

/ø/

'u' as in turn

P p

/p/

'p' as in spin

R r

/ɾ/

the 'r' as in car

S s

/s/

's' as in smile

Ş ş

/ʃ/

'sh' as in shine

T t

/t/

't' as in stop

U u

/u/

'u' as in ultimate

Ü ü

/y/

'u' as in cube

V v

/v/

'v' as in victory

Y y

/j/

'y' as in you

Z z

/z/

'z' as in zigzag