Letters of the alphabet

Turkish Alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Çç Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Iı İi Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Öö Pp Rr Ss Şş Tt Uu Üü Vv Yy Zz

29 letters: 8 vowels and 21 consonants.

 

Note:

·          Normally all vowels are short. Exceptions are mostly words of foreign origin.

·          The names of the consonants are read as: the consonant followed by a long "e".

·          ğ is also named as "soft g" (yumuşak g), as this letter never starts a word.