Discover the richness of the Turkish verb bil- (“to know”) and its wide family of related words like bilgi, bilim, and bilgisayar. Learn how roots build new meanings, how -Abil- connects to ability, and why recognizing patterns in Turkish helps you understand and guess new words with ease.

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.

Turkish suffixes can look identical but mean totally different things—turning a word into a noun, a verb, or even a polite command. In this fun guide, we explore why these ambiguities happen, show real examples like öğretmenim and kızdı, and explain how you can spot the difference like a pro. Context is your best friend in this lively world of Turkish suffix tricks!

Why does a sneaky little "n" keep popping up in Turkish? Discover the infamous buffer letter learners love to hate!

As an agglutinative language, Turkish loves its suffixes. This blog will examine the most common examples of zero derivation in Turkish.

Emphatic adjectives in Turkish are intensive variants of our good old adjectives, which you can use to add flair to your speech.

Onomatopoeias (nerd lingo for "words created by imitating a sound") are very common in Turkish. You can find all sorts of words with...

In this blog, we will learn some Ottoman Turkish words (some of which you can still use today to spice up your speech) with examples.

Chicken translate is a collective term for any humorous mistranslation from Turkish to English or vice versa.

Landing a date with a Turk Let’s say you’ve got your eyes on a stranger at your gym, school, university or cafe. Now, you need to approach.

Comparisons, which use the postpositions gibi and kadar, are essential to colloquial speech.

In Türkiye, many conversations involve dedikodu (gossip), with a special tense dedicated to spreading stories.

The Turkish plural suffix "-lAr" follows vowel harmony: "-lar" for a/ı/o/u, "-ler" for e/i/ö/ü, with exceptions for palatalized consonants.

Question words in Turkish can be complicated as they take case suffixes at the end. Here is a list of Turkish question words.

Imperative for 3rd person!? Phrases for A2 level Turkish learners

Eid Al-Fitr, known as "Ramazan Bayramı" in Turkey, will be celebrated on the 13th of May. Ramazan Bayramı is one of the two religious...