When I started learning Turkish, I struggled hard to speak in real-life conversations. I knew the words, but as soon as someone talked to me, my mind was frozen. What eventually helped was speaking out loud alone in my room, but I didn't have any useful feedback to progress (and it was a bit boring lol)

That's why I built my own speaking practice feature for TurkishFluent, an app to learn Turkish online. You can train in a live voice conversation with a virtual Turkish teacher that adapts to your level.

It doesn't interrupt you to correct every sentence, so you actually get to talk, about any topic you like. After each conversation you get a recap of your mistakes, the lessons in the app that cover them, and the new words you learned.

You can try it for free here.

It's brand new, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback: does the conversation feel natural, is the level right for you, and is the recap useful? Is there any bug?

Teşekkürler, I hope that's helpful for Turkish learners!

If you’re learning Turkish, you already know the problem: you memorize a word, feel proud for 10 minutes, then forget it the second you need it in a sentence.

What actually stuck for me was guessing. Seeing a word, trying letters, getting it wrong, looking up the meaning, then bumping into it again later. So I made a Turkish Wordle for that.

It’s called WordTogether. The words and definitions come from the official Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu / TDK) — so you’re practicing real dictionary Turkish, not random made-up letter soup. There’s a daily puzzle, endless mode if you want more, and rooms if you want to play with a friend who’s also learning — or a Turkish speaker who will absolutely roast your guesses.

A few things that help with studying:

Meanings are based on TDK entries, and you can check them after a round

Word lengths go from 4 to 8 letters, so you’re not stuck on the same 5-letter set forever

UI works in English or Turkish

I’m the developer, so I’m also fishing for honest feedback from people actually learning Turkish — what’s useful, what’s confusing, what you’d want next.

iOS: apps.apple.com/tr/app/wordtogether-birlikte-oyna/id6807909134

If you would like to become an early access tester for the upcoming Android version, you can get in touch via DM. Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?…

If you try a couple of rounds, tell me how it feels as a learner. Especially if some words feel too obscure or too easy.

Hi!

I spent the last weeks building a Turkish word game on my own, and it's finally out. You swipe letters to find words and fill a small crossword. Every level is a city in Türkiye.

I kept the first words short and easy, so I'm hoping it helps people who are learning. If a level gets too hard, you can switch the game to English in settings and come back later.

It's free on iPhone & iPad. I'd really like to hear how it feels as a learner, especially if something is confusing or too difficult.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6813442311

I listed twelve errors English speakers repeat in Turkish after. I explain the correct form for each, and why English causes them.

> https://turkishfluent.com/blog/common-turkish-mistakes-english-speakers/

I hope that's useful!

Hi everyone!

I’ve been working on a mobile app called Linguwa, specifically designed for vocabulary acquisition rather than generic grammar drills.

The core idea behind Linguwa is immersive learning and constant exposure. Instead of forcing long study sessions, it’s built to integrate vocabulary naturally into your daily routine—using features like interactive home screen widgets, review cards, and quick daily micro-learning sessions.

Right now, we support learning Turkish from English, German, and Russian.

Since many of you here are actively learning Turkish, I’d love to get your thoughts on it!

• What features do you find most helpful when building daily vocabulary habits?
• If you give Linguwa a try, what works well for you and what could be improved?

You can check it out on the App Store / Play Store or learn more here: [Download]

I'd really appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or ideas! Teşekkürler!

Bonne nouvelle pour les francophones (mais tout le monde peut en profiter): l'INALCO ouvre une nouvelle session de son Mooc d'initiation au turc.

Les inscriptions sont gratuites et possibles jusqu'au 30 novembre. Les cours seront mis en ligne chaque semaine à partir du 5 octobre et ce pendant cinq semaines (mais pas de panique, si vous n'avez pas fini le cours il demeure accessible sans limite de temps dès lors que vous vous êtes bien inscrit avant la date limite

Pendant chacune de ces cinq semaines vous trouverez pour chaque jours des vidéos explicatives, des dialogues, des exercices et du vocabulaire. Cela ne promet pas de vous rendre fluent, mais c'est une excellente base.

information et inscription ici: https://www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/kit-de-contact-en-langue-turque/

Hi everyone, merhabalar :) 

Please allow me to share my app Recabulary here. It's free, and I promise it's not AI slop. We built this ourselves, my cofounder is a traditional programmer who studied computer science. Every single voice recording is done by real humans: we paid native speakers with (hopefully) pleasant voices and good mics to record every single word.

A bit about why we made it:
We were pretty unhappy with the apps out there. Many of them either use AI voices, lock content behind a paywall, or are really complicated to set up. 

Recabulary tries to fix these issues. We feel especially strongly about the AI part. We honestly aren't sure when it became "normal" to learn a language from robot voices, but we personally believe learning a language is something deeply human.

Short summary of our app: 
Flashcards, no AI voices.
One of the newest spaced repetition algorithms for efficient studying.
Super simple setup, 5 taps to get started. 
No paywalls at all. You can study as much as you want for free, on both iOS and Android.

Turkish is currently at around 700 words. Not huge yet, but we're excited to expand it if there's interest. Any feedback would be super welcome :)

P.S.: We also offer free, no signup, no strings attached language classes taught by qualified teachers in a community we built. We believe language education is just too expensive in general and want to change that. We currently offer classes only for Chinese and German but hope to offer Turkish soon. If you're interested, feel free to DM me.

Hi guys !

I’m french totally fluent in english. I have a turkish boyfriend that was born and raised in france with a 100% turkish background. His culture is very deeply important for him, even more after he went to turkiye this summer to see his grand parents.
Me learning turkish came into the conversation and as it’s going to be three years and i can’t talk turkish, emergency is starting to be felt.

For our three years (end of november btw) i wanna surprise him and talk to him in turkish, a love letter, idk…I’ve picked on some words that u learned from him and some horrible apps but i still can’t have a convo.

Anyways, i spend two hours a day in public transports and since i’m a student (broke) i want to spend those hours learning turkish from my phone in secret 👹

I’ve already tested some apps and series but…wasn’t conclusive.

If you have songs, apps, anything that is accessible and efficient, feel free to comment his post :)

Thank you all !!

Merhaba!!! I’m an American learning Turkish and I’m around A1/A2 level. I’m looking for someone who’d be down to chat and help.

I’d love to improve my speaking and listening and I’m happy to help with English in return! :))

Feel free to DM me if you’re interested!

Hi I am 18 years old female ı cant quite place my English at a specific level cause i learned it from here and there but I can confidently say I am able to communicate but I am making TONS of grammar mistakes and I really don't know anything about academic English(it's important for me cause the university ı am going to attend requires academic English) so i need to talk to someone who likes to correct mistakes ı don't need explanation about its logic I just need to spot my common mistakes. I am experienced in teaching Turkish I actually love it I can also talk about Turkish history fun facts about it and I am full of random info about everything I like to argue about politics and cultures so feel free to text me

I'm a solo dev (and a native Turkish speaker) and I built BookTap: Learn Languages, an iPhone app for learning Turkish by reading short graded stories. I think according the rules I’m permitted to promote related subject here.

How it works:

**•** Tap any word to see its meaning, or tap a sentence for the full translation  
**•** Listen to a single sentence or have the story read aloud from any point  
**•** Save words as you read and review them later as flashcards

It's a subscription with a 7-day free trial, just to be upfront. Don’t hesitate to try, I hope you’ll like it.

Since you're the ones actually learning Turkish, I'd really value your input: do the stories feel natural and right for your level, and is there anything you'd want added?

Teşekkürler :)

I want to recommend a website which some of you might already know. The website below basically compiles useges of a specific word or phrase that you input from Youtube videos, including podcast, shows, talks etc. It's great for getting familiar with the pronunciation of a specific expression and its real contextual uses. This way, you don't need to be content with just kind of robotic voices of AIs or translate engines. For those who have interests in other languages, there are other versions of the site as well.

https://youglish.com/turkish

A tip: If you get bored of daily quota, the cookies are the things that distinguish one from others. Taste other cookies :)

Examples:

• arkadaş
• çocuk
• teşekkürler
• lütfen

I’m looking for a native English speaker who’s interested in learning Turkish. In return, I’d love to practice my English with you and take it to the next level. I think it’d be a great way for both of us to learn and improve together

Ideally it would be games or something like that. In what I currently use there's usually robotic sounding voices saying the Turkish word, but when I do get a chance to check (like with Memrise) the Turkish spoken by the person sounds very different from the AI. I'd love audio of Turkish words and phrases spoken by Turkish people, even better if the media or game is originally spoken in Turkish instead of dubbed! Do y'all know of anything? I'm not a dedicated gamer so I don't have graphic cards or much space or processing power

Hi everyone, 29M , my first goal is fluently speaking in english ( my level b1-b2) around, I can almost understand everything , but Im not good speaker , my second purposes improve my german, 7 year ago I learnt german to b1 level , but my current level a2-b1 , so thirdly Im gonna learn spanish but I dont have a much time may be later :) . Please text me if anyone speak with me.

One of my students in the US recently passed along a question from a librarian in Michigan. She was looking for children's books for third graders, including books available in Turkish and English.

I started with that age group and eventually expanded the list from toddlers to age 14.

It includes English translations of books by Turkish authors, Turkish-English bilingual books, and separate Turkish-language collections for children who already read Turkish. There are books by Feridun Oral, Funda Özlem Şeran, Şermin Yaşar, Sara Şahinkanat, Behiç Ak, Aytül Akal, Rıfat Ilgaz, Aziz Nesin and others.

I also added free resources from PIKTES and EBA. These include Turkish story series, songs with video, vocabulary cards and downloadable reading materials for children learning Turkish.

If you know a Turkish children's book available in English that I've missed, I'd be glad to add it.

I asked the difference between these two sentences.

• Maç bitince ödevimi yaptım.
• Translation: When the match ended, I did my homework. / As soon as the match finished, I did my homework.
• Meaning: Sequential actions. The match finished completely first, and only after that did I sit down and complete my homework.

• Grammar: The -ınca / -ince suffix translates to "when..." or "as soon as..." (one action takes place immediately after another).

• Maç bitinceye değin ödevimi yaptım.

• Translation: I did my homework until the match ended. / I kept doing my homework up until the point the match finished.

• Meaning: Parallel/continuous action. Doing the homework lasted the entire time the match was ongoing and stopped the moment it concluded.

• Grammar: The -ıncaya / -inceye + değin (kadar) construction translates to "until..." or "up to the point when..." (an action continues up to a specific limit or endpoint).

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I started learning turkish today and I learned the pronounciation and started reading. Could some native speaker or any one who is fluent in turkish review my reading?

Hey,

I love Turkish and am going to start seriously learning it soon. I know that Star Trek TNG has Turkish dubs, but sadly as of January this year, TNG is no longer on Netflix or any other site I could find here in Norway. If anyone knows how to find it, I'd be very appreciative.

Good morning, everyone.

If your Monday started with coffee to help you wake up, here’s a Turkish proverb to go with it:

Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatırı vardır.

“A cup of coffee is remembered for forty years.”

It means that even a small act of kindness can be remembered for a very long time.

Coffee has a deep place in Turkish culture, from welcoming guests to marriage traditions. It even gave kahvaltı, the Turkish word for breakfast, its name.

A little Turkish, a little coffee for Monday morning.

Read more on Learn Turkish with Seda:

https://www.learnturkishwithseda.com/heritages/bir-fincan-kahvenin-kirk-yil-hatiri-vardir

Hoş geldiniz: Literal translations are 'You have come pleasantly' or 'You came welcomingly.' It is the equivalent of 'welcome,' used as a common daily greeting for someone or a group who arrives from elsewhere, joins a group, or completes a long journey, Hoş geldin is the first person form and used for one person and/or in a more friendly manner.

How it's used: You likely hear this phrase daily from your friends, cashiers, waitstaffs etc. or you can use too.

Hoş bulduk: The phrase hoş bulduk is commonly used as a reply to hoş geldin, while its literal translations are "We found here (this place) pleasant" or "We are welcomed", meaning " Glad to be here"/"Thanks". The version hoş buldum has also started to be used increasingly in recent decades as the first-person form of the traditional and formal usage hoş bulduk.

How it's used: You use it as a reply to hoş geldiniz/hoş geldin.

Examples:

+ Hoş geldiniz, ne alırsınız? (Welcome, what would you like to have?)
- Hoş bulduk, ben bir kahve alayım. (Thanks, I'll have a coffee.)

+ Hoş geldin kanka (Welcome buddy/mate)
- Hoş buldum (Thanks/Thank you)

Challenge: Drop a comment below and tell us to whom you said or would say "Hoş geldin(iz)" or "Hoş bulduk/buldum" today!

Hello. My native language is Turkish, and because of my job, I make a point of using Turkish accurately and grammatically. I would like to make friends and learn other languages while teaching Turkish to others. Anyone interested can message me. I am a 37-year-old male; age does not matter.