Pronunciation

Consonants

• B - as in bed
• C - pronounced as the initial letter in the English jump
• Ç - the "ch" sound in the English chapel
• D - as in drum
• F - as in far
• G - as in girl
• Ğ - a silent letter, which serves to lengthen the previous vowel
• H - as in hello
• J - pronounced as in the French name Jean
• K - as in king
• L - as in love
• M - as in man
• N - as in new
• P - as in print
• R - a tricky consonant in Turkish, most often rolled very lightly
• S - as in snake
• Ş - the "sh" sound in the English shake
• T - as in take
• V - roughly the mid-point between the "v" in very and the "w" in was
• Y - as in yet
• Z - as in zoo'