There must be about 5 000 000 pages using the Turkish Language on the Internet. This page presents a selection of Turkish Language sites that may be useful for Turkish Language Learning. In this way we want to create a kind of virtual town ("kent") where students and teachers of Turkish can study, work, dream and enjoy themselves.
Children, Curiosa, Dictionaries, Health, History and Culture, Humour, Language Games, Language Learning for Foreigners, Language Learning for Native Speakers, Literature, Music, Nature and Sports, Online Radio and Television, Pictures, Poetry, Politics, Practical, Press, Religion, Science, Searching Turkish Sites, Summer Courses, Tourism, Turcology, Turkish Cuisine, Webcams,
(These Turkish links were checked and updated on 30 October 2005)
Language Learning for Foreigners:
Language Learning for Native Speakers:
- Orientaal's Turkish Class-room - online exercises for beginners
- Travlang's Seyahat edenler için Türkçe - words and expressions with pronunciation
- Turizm.net's A mini Turkish language lesson - alphabet, words and expressions
- Turkish Phrase Book - extensive list of helpful words and expressions at Online Turkish.com
- 10 Turkish lessons, University of Arizona - practical dialogues, word explanation and pronunciation
- Nasrettin Hoca Stories, Princeton University - word explanation and pronunciation
- Türkçe Öğreniyorum - www.mujdat.narod.ru
- Türkçe2020 - Online Turkish lessons
- Learning Practical Turkish - a lucky dip with all kinds of petty facts about the Turkish language
- Computer Aided Turkish Tutor - of Bilkent university
- Turkish Update Leiden Project (TULP) with interactieve Turkse teksten - articles with word explanation in Dutch
- La langue turque: les sujets donnés au baccalauréat - downloadable Turkish Language exams from France
- Discussion group: Turkish-FL - Forum for Teachers of Turkish as a Foreign Language
- Discussion group: Turkishlearner - Yahoogroup for learners of Turkish as a Foreign Language
Dictionaries:
- Ders Planları at Türk Öğretmenler Sitesi
- İlköğretim Türkçe Sınav soruları - Turkish exam questions for primary school, at Öğretmen dünyası
Turcology:
- Güncel Türkçe Sözlük at the site of the Türk Dil Kurumu
- MikroBeta - Türkçe Sözlük
- Hazar's English - Turkish dictionary; computer terminology; basic words and expressions - enter the Turkish words without diacritics, eg cok (=çok), gorus (=görüş), bagirmak (=bağırmak)
- Yazım kılavuzu - spelling guide of Türk Dil Kurumu
- Sözlerin Soyağacı - etymological dictionary by Sevan Nişanyan
- Turkish-English, English-Turkish Dictionary - small dictionary of CATT
- Lugatçe Türkçe-İnterlingua - downloadable dictionary of the artificial language Interlingua
- Ectaco English-Turkish-English Dictionary
- From language to language - Turkish-English Dictionary, for verbs only enter the stem
- Logos Dictionary - the word (in any language) you enter, will be translated into 20 languages including Turkish. Clicking on the translation of the word you will obtain contexts for its use
- Sesli Sözlük - English-Turkish-English dictionary
- TELL, Turkish Electronic Living Lexicon
- Argo sözlüğü, also Argopedya: a
- Sözlükler at www.6Dtr.com
- Tıp Sözlüğü
- Bigglook - Mutfak Sözlüğü
Press:
- Türk Dil Kurumu - web site of the Turkish Language "Academy", with Türk Dili Dergisi (1 or 2 online articles for each issue)
- Türkçeyi doğru yazalım, doğru konuşalım (Prof. Dr. Hamza Zülfikar): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Türkoloji Araştırmaları Merkezi
- Discussion group: Türkoloji Haberleşme ve Tartışma Hattı - discussions on Turcology (accessible after subscription)
- Türk Dili en Onatan Uygatlar - a bizarre example of extreme Öztürkçe
(These Turkish Press links were checked and updated on October 30, 2005)Politics:
- Haber.gen.tr. Haberciniz - Daily survey of Turkey's newspapers
- Zaman, Sabah, Hürriyet, Milliyet, Tercüman, Bugün, Türkiye, Yeni Şafak, Radikal, Akşam, Star, Fanatik, Yeni Asır, Yeni Asya, Güneş, Millî Gazete, Evrensel, Kıbrıs, Yöremiz - newspapers
- Cumhuriyet - Turkey's quality newspaper (only with subscription)
- Anadolu Ajansı - Turkey's official news agency, click on the news titles
- NTVMSNBC - News service of NTV - Turkey's number one information channel
- HaberTürk
- Belgenet - documentation about current events in Turkey
- Garildi =Gazete arşivi ve iletişim dizgesi - searching for articles in Turkish newspaper archives (subscription required)
- Skylife Aylık Magazin - magazine of Turkish Airlines with many interesting articles on tourism, culture, history, cuisine, ...
- Bilim ve Teknik Dergisi - popular scientific magazine
- Orkun - nationalist magazine
- Alem - high society news
- Cogito, Kitap-lık, Sanat Dünyamız at Yapı Kredi Kültür Yayıncılık
- Kazete - Bağımsız Siyasî Kadın Gazetesi
Online Radio and TV:
- Başbakanlık Basın Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü - Press Service of the Turkish prime minister, with Türkhaber - official statements and speeches on the occasion of important events
- Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi - everything about the Turkish Parliament, the transcripts of the debates, the constitution, political parties, ministries,... even Atatürk's opening speeches
- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanlığı - site of the Turkish Presidency
- Anayasalar - the text of the Turkish constitutions
- Deutsche Welle: listen to the newsbulletin in Turkish and read the transcript at the same time
- Voice of America: the news in Turkish
- BBC World Service: the news in Turkish
- Turkish State Television TRT
- News Channel NTV: NTV live, with transcripts (program metinleri)
- Sky Türk
- Net1 TV
- Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı - the official Turkish islam with press communiqués on the occasion of religious feasts, the pilgrimage to Mecca,... and Diyanet Aylık Dergi - magazine
- Allah - Sufism -Islam - online religious books by Ahmed Hulusi
- Nur web sayfası - site of the sect of the Nurcular, followers of Said Nursî (1876-1960), with Nur mektubu - weekly e-magazine.
- Kitaplar, ihlas.net - 15 religious books that can be read online
- Kur'an-ı Kerim'in Türkçe meali - Turkish translation of the Quran
- Kütüb-i sitte'den hadisler
- Türkiye Gazetesi Takvimi - Turkish calendar leaflet of the day, with the 4 different eras, the times of prayer according to two different hour systems, feasts, sayings of the prophet profeet, poems, history, science, religion, etiquette, riddles and puzzles, advice for housekeeping, health, suggestions and recipees for lunch or dinner, names for newborn babies,...
- İncil Online - the complete New Testament in Turkish translation, interesting to compare it with the translation in your mothertongue
- Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
- Cumhuriyet's downloadable books, also at Cumhuriyet Kitap, Salı/Cuma Kitapları
- Altkitap, sanal yayınevi - after becoming a member (for free), you can download and read books in pdf format
- Küçük Prens
- Lost Library - Turkish science fiction site
- Orta Dünya - Turkish Tolkien site
- Serbest Düşme at Konsept
- TiyatrOnline
- @yrıntı - kültür, sanat, edebiyat
- Siraze.net
- Edebistan
- Balca - Hikâyeler
Humour:
- Türkçe şiir, Sibel Adalı - poems of 150 Turkish poets from all periods
- Şiir Demeti- 1807 poems by 305 poets
- Antoloji.com - Turkish poetry site
- Şiir - leftish Turkish poets
- Şiir ve şairlerimiz at the site Yalın sayfalar
- Discussion groups: Şiir postası, Şiirname - for poets and poetry lovers
Curiosa:
- Dehşet fıkralar - 950 jokes in 17 categories
- Fıkralar - more than 20 pages with jokes and many links
- Internet Fıkra Merkezi
- Fıkrabul
- Discussion groups: Mizah, En komik, Geyiklist
- Lazland - Gülmece ve Eğlendirmece Merkezi
- Komikaze - humour and cartoon site
- Grafi - İnternet mizah dergisi - humour and cartoon site
- Komik Ev
- Karikatür Evi
- Hayal Evi
- Turkey in cartoons
- mizah.milliyet
- Recebim.com - Recep Çırık's site
- Hoca.konya.com - site devoted to Nasreddin Hodja
- Üsküdar Karagöz Tiyatrosu by Alper Ekler, with Oğlumun karnesi, Karagöz tasfirlerinin tasarlanması, Dergi
- Yalın sayfalar - with recordings of sketches by Ferhan Şensoy, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Cem Yılmaz, Zeki Alasya - Metin Akpınar
Language games:
- İtiraf.com - anonymous confessions
- Tabirci.com - the meaning of dreams
- Yorumcu.com - astrology site
- Reinkarnasyon - Bir önceki yaşamınızda kimdiniz?
- Bilimkurgu 2000 - Turkish Science Fiction site
- 19 - the number 19 in the Qur'an
For children:
- Adam asmaca - hangman
- IQ, Zeka & İllüzyon
- Zeka testleri at Akla Ziyan
- Tongue Twisters in 59 languages with Turkish
Music:
- Çocukça.com - site for children with among other things stories and fairy tales
- Ada Çocuk
- Albaymet1 - Çocuklar için Masallar
- Afacan çocuk
- Oyunlar - online games for children
- Cep telefonu melodileri
- Turkish Music & Voice Library
- Türkçemüzik.com - lyrics and accords for more than 700 songs by more than 150 artists
- Point-Music Center - lyrics
- Mesut Seyhanlı - lyrics ands accords
Nature and Sports:
- Turkish Cultural Foundation
- KRONOLOJİ Web Sitesi - this day in history
- Milli Saraylar, Köşkler ve Kasırlar - description of palaces
- Discover Turkey - site by the Ministry of Culture
- Kim kimdir? - important persons in Turkish history, politics and culture
- Biyografi.net
- Miniatures from the Topkapi Museum
- Şule Ülgen - Tarihî Türk Evleri Maketleri - scale-models of traditional Turkish houses
- Darüzziyafe - site of the traditional Turkish restaurant in the former imaret of the Süleymaniye mosque
Health:
- WWF-Türkiye Doğal Hayatı Koruma Vakfı - Turkish WWF site
- HayvanlarAlemi.net - religious site on the world of animals
- Yedikule Hayvanbarınağı - dog asylum in Fatih
- National Geographic
- Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü Resmi Web Sitesi - weather forecasts
- TEMA - Türkiye Çöl Olmasın - site of the organisation to prevent the desertification of Turkey
- Discussion group: Yelkenciler - information for sailors
- Discussion group: Ytudak - information for mountaineers
Turkish Cuisine:
- Nereden Nereye - map of Turkey and information about buses, trains, planes and boats
- Türkiye'nin Gizli Cennetleri - Turkey's Secret Paradises
- Antalya web site - everything you want to know about Antalya and its surroundings (also in English)
- İstanbul Kent Planı - zoom in at any street in Istanbul
- Ortaburun Köyü
Pictures:
- www.afiyetolsun.net - Turkish culinary site with hundreds of recipees
- www.yemeklerimiz.com
- www.anneminmutfagi.biz
- TGRT Yemek Tarifleri
- www.yemekport.com
- Discussion group: Yemek - exchanging recipees
Webcams: Summer Courses: Practical:
- Turkish Odyssey - Images of Turkey
- Discover Turkey
- Photos of Turkey from space - splendid pictures, which can be used as wallpaper
Searching Turkish sites:
- Converter - Turkish liras at the exchange rate of the day
- TürkSite - site of the TRT programme presenting interesting sites
- İyi.net, Arabul, Netbul, A'dan Z'ye, www.nerede.com, Superonline
- Discussion group: Faydalı siteler - exchanging useful sites
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