Türkiye, just like every other country, has hundreds of unique games that require no or minimal equipment to play. In this blog, you can find 5 of the most commonly played children's games.

Ever noticed a little hat (^) on Turkish vowels and thought, “Wait… this isn’t French!”? That’s the circumflex – Turkish’s only diacritic. Though often ignored, it changes pronunciation and meaning in big ways. In this blog, you’ll uncover why this tiny mark matters and how mastering it can level up your Turkish reading, writing, and speaking. Let’s decode the hat!

Think “racecar” is cool? Turkish takes palindromes to the next level! Thanks to vowel harmony and suffixes, everyday words like “ana” (mother) and mammoth curiosities like “kılıççılık” (swordsmanship) read the same both ways. Whole sentences sparkle too: “Ey Edip, Adana’da pide ye.” Get ready to meet witty word-loops, clever city names, and dizzying tongue-twisters that prove Turkish is a palindrome paradise.

One of the first exceptions in Turkish that learners face is the irregular plural – saatler, hayaller, etc. “But why is it saatler and not saatlar?” The answer is palatalized consonants. Palatalized G, K, L, and T can be tricky. Knowing when they occur and how to pronounce them will vastly improve your pronunciation, even beyond that of many native speakers, and help you understand exceptions in Turkish vowel harmony.