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A curated library of downloadable Turkish storybooks for language learners, from complete beginners to upper intermediate. Each book is written at a specific CEFR level, from A1 to B2, so you always read at the right challenge. Build vocabulary naturally through real narratives, explore Turkish culture through storytelling, and reinforce what you learn with built-in activities and exercises. The most enjoyable way to practise Turkish outside the classroom.

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10 beginner level stories about Salih's life.

Follow Salih through school, home, the village, holidays and more. Each story targets specific grammar structures with activities at the end.

Recommended for A1 beginner Turkish learners.

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Piktes Stories For Foreigners

A1 & A2

10 graded storybooks spanning A1 to A2, built around everyday Turkish life, culture, and adventure. Each book includes activities and exercises at the end.

Recommended for A1–A2 Turkish learners aged 13 and above.

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MEB Culture Books

15 culture-rich stories published by Turkey's Ministry of National Education. Covering food, travel, family, and daily life across different regions of Turkey.

Recommended for A2–B2 Turkish learners looking to deepen their cultural knowledge.

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10 elementary level stories about Aslı's life.

Aslı goes to the kite festival, the library, the theatre, outer space and more. Stories with exercises designed for classroom use.

Recommended for A1–A2 Turkish learners aged 6–12.

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Piktes Stories For Foreigners

B1 & B2

10 graded storybooks spanning B1 to B2, built around everyday Turkish life, culture, and adventure. Each book includes activities and exercises at the end.

Recommended for B1–B2 Turkish learners aged 13 and above.

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Eğitimde Birlikteyiz Stories

35 inclusive children's stories from the EU–Turkey joint education program. Warm, simple narratives covering friendship, nature, school, and everyday moments.

Recommended for A1–A2 Turkish learners aged 6–12.

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Salih Story Series

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

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PİKTES
A1

Salih Okula Başlıyor

"Salih Okula Başlıyor" is a beginner Turkish reader for foreign children. Salih starts school, meets classmate Ömer, learns greetings and classroom vocabulary. Activities include Q&A, word search, and matching exercises.

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PİKTES
A1

Salih Evde

"Salih Evde" follows Salih through a Saturday at home: morning routine, family breakfast, balcony time, TV in the living room, outdoor play with friends, bath, homework, dinner, and bedtime story.

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PİKTES
A1

Salih Köyde

"Salih Köyde" follows Salih and his family on a weekend village visit to his grandparents. They pick fruit, water trees, learn vegetable names, share a meal, play chess, hear a bedtime story, and return home after a garden breakfast.

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PİKTES
A1

Salih'in Bayram Ziyareti

"Salih Bayram Ziyareti" follows Salih's family visiting his maternal grandparents for a holiday. Relatives arrive, kids kiss elders' hands and receive gifts, baklava is served, neighborhood children collect candy, and Salih plays with toys in the garden with his cousin Ali and uncle.

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PİKTES
A1

Salih Oyun Oynuyor

"Salih Oyun Oynuyor" follows Salih on a Saturday playing "Renkli İstop" with friends after getting parental permission, then helping elderly neighbors carry groceries, returning home on time, and ending the day with family dinner and a dream about the game.

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PİKTES
A2

Salih Hasta

"Salih Hasta" follows Salih falling ill after playing sports and drinking cold water while sweaty. His parents call the doctor, take him to hospital, get medicine, and friends later visit him at home to cheer him up with conversation and puzzles.

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PİKTES
A2

Salih'in Bir Günü

"Salih'in Bir Günü" follows Salih through a school day where his classmate Ömer visits. They cook cheesy pasta together with Salih's mom, study, read, play a clock-drawing game in the park, and end the evening with family dinner and chess.

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PİKTES
A2

Salih Tabiat ve Hayvan Müzesinde

"Salih Tabiat ve Hayvan Müzesinde" follows Salih recounting a family trip to a nature and animal museum, where animatronic animals introduce themselves - giraffes, lions, crocodiles, snakes, elephants, and spiders. The family ends the day singing animal songs on the drive home.

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PİKTES
A2

Salih Çarşıda

"Salih Çarşıda" follows Salih and his dad running errands before guests arrive: barber, greengrocer, butcher, and market. Salih handles all payments himself. They stop for lemonade, take a dolmuş home, and end the evening with a barbecue and career dreams.

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PİKTES
A2

Salih'in Seyahat Günlüğü

"Salih'in Seyahat Günlüğü" follows Salih recounting his family holiday to Ömer: Ankara, Pamukkale, Istanbul, and Konya on the way home. They then compare past trips abroad (Italy, Russia, Holland) and dream about future destinations like Azerbaijan and Japan.

Aslı Story Series

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

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PİKTES
A1

Aslı'nın Yeni Arkadaşları

"Aslı'nın Yeni Arkadaşları" follows Aslı on her first day back at third grade, where three new classmates join the class. Students share summer stories, learn the hot-cold hiding game, and Aslı helps new student Roya find her way home. The teacher gives everyone a diary as a gift.

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PİKTES
A1

Aslı Uçurtma Şenliğine Gidiyor

"Aslı Uçurtma Şenliğine Gidiyor" follows Aslı's class making kites at school, then attending a kite festival with families on Saturday. They fly colorful kites, share a multicultural feast, and on the way home spot smoke that turns out to be just a farmhouse chimney.

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PİKTES
A1

Aslı'nın Hayvan Dostları

"Aslı'nın Hayvan Dostları" follows Aslı meeting three stray cats through her neighborhood cat Pati. She and her brother Mete name them, feed them with leftover restaurant food, and their father builds wooden shelters for the neighborhood's stray cats and dogs.

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PİKTES
A1

Aslı'nın Mevsimler Hayali

"Aslı'nın Mevsimler Hayali" follows Aslı learning about the four seasons in class through a song, then spending the weekend creating a seasonal collage for homework. She daydreams vividly through each season while drawing, with cat Pati even helping find her lost colored pencils.

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PİKTES
A1

Aslı'nın Uzay Yolculuğu

"Aslı'nın Uzay Yolculuğu" follows Aslı receiving a space book from her visiting grandparents, then daydreaming a vivid journey through the solar system with her cat Pati, visiting Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth, while dreaming of becoming an astronaut.

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PİKTES
A2

Aslı'nın Sürprizi

"Aslı'nın Sürprizi" follows Aslı helping her friend Roya surprise a distant friend Sidra on her birthday. The class makes greeting cards, Aslı's parents bake a cake, and they video call Sidra together. A week later Sidra sends a thank-you letter, and Aslı decides to become her pen pal.

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PİKTES
A2

Aslı Tiyatroya Gidiyor

"Aslı Tiyatroya Gidiyor" follows Aslı's class heading to a theatre trip, but Roya goes missing before departure. She's found in the school canteen nursing an injured bird. A vet is called, the bird recovers and flies away, and the class makes it to the show on time.

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PİKTES
A2

Aslı Kütüphanede

"Aslı Kütüphanede" follows Aslı's brother Mete and his friend Fatih researching scientists for a magazine project. Their father takes them to the public library, where Aslı finds the theatre play book she wanted, while Mete and Fatih discover they secretly chose the same scientist.

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PİKTES
A2

Aslı Trafik Kurallarını Öğreniyor

"Aslı Trafik Kurallarını Öğreniyor" follows police officers visiting Aslı's school during Traffic Week, setting up a mini traffic course in the schoolyard. Students take turns being "cars" using cardboard vehicles, learning traffic signs, traffic lights, and road rules through hands-on play.

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PİKTES
A2

Aslı Yıl Sonu Gösterisinde

"Aslı Yıl Sonu Gösterisinde" follows Aslı hosting her school's third-grade end-of-year show as MC, featuring choir, poetry, bağlama, a Keloğlan play, folk dancing, and guitar. The day ends with an upcycling exhibition where students display items made from plastic bottles, boxes, and bags.

Turkish Stories For Foreign Students

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

Turkish Stories - A1 Level

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

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PİKTES
A1

Saklambaç

"Saklambaç" is a humorous A1-level story for adults (13+) about a family driving around a town trying to meet friends, constantly missing each other at different landmarks. The punchline: the father misheard the meeting city entirely, they were in the wrong town all along.

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PİKTES
A1

Kayıp Bavul

"Kayıp Bavul" is an A1 story for adults (13+) about an Egyptian traveler whose luggage ends up in Romania after flying to Istanbul. While waiting to retrieve it at the airport, he meets a Romanian woman whose bag went to Cairo. They marry, and the story is told as a grandfather's tale 40 years later.

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A1

Bisiklet

"Bisiklet" is an A1 story for adults (13+) about a boy named Oktay who has just moved to a new city and has no friends. He discovers a bike shop, befriends the owner, and when his father comes to buy him a bike, it turns out the shopkeeper is his father's long-lost old friend.

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PİKTES
A1

Her Zamanki Kafede

"Her Zamanki Kafede" is an A1 story for adults (13+) narrated by a café waiter observing four old friends who meet every Friday. They share funny anecdotes about their mothers and a workplace mishap, while the quiet one Betül never laughs — until she trips over a chair and spills the waiter's tray on herself.

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A1

Acil

"Acil" is an A1 story for adults (13+) set in a hospital emergency room. A tired senior doctor lets a young colleague treat an injured little girl alone, only to discover at the end that the patient is his own daughter, who didn't know her father worked there.

Turkish Stories - A2 Level

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

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PİKTES
A2

Gizemli Harita

"Gizemli Harita" is an A2 story for adults (13+) about Joseph, who visits Istanbul to complete his late grandfather's research into a treasure linked to Piri Reis's famous map. After gaining museum access, they discover the "treasure" was already found — and the real message is that health and happiness are life's greatest treasures.

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A2

Peribacaları

"Peribacaları" is an A2 story for adults (13+) about a couple honeymooning in Cappadocia. Their cave hotel stay turns into a midnight adventure when they follow mysterious crying sounds into an underground city, only to discover the source is a frightened kitten, not a baby.

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PİKTES
A2

Denizden Gelen Mektup

"Denizden Gelen Mektup" is an A2 story for adults (13+) about three friends who find a bottle message from a grandfather held captive by pirates. They devise a clever trap using fake gold to get captured themselves, reunite with the grandfather, escape through a cave, and are rescued by sea police — revealed at the end to be a student's creative writing homework.

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A2

Çikolatalı Gofret

"Çikolatalı Gofret" is an A2 story for adults (13+) about a Bursa fabric shop owner who quietly supports his young apprentice's sick, widowed mother. With his wife and a charity contact, he arranges medical care, regular food aid, and education support — the shopping list always ending with the little sister's beloved chocolate wafers.

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A2

Komşumuz Ahmet Amca

"Komşumuz Ahmet Amca" is an A2 story for adults (13+) set in historic Beypazarı. A reclusive newcomer refuses all neighborly contact, until children spot a fire at his home during a wedding. The whole neighborhood rushes to help, and the embarrassed man transforms into a warm, generous neighbor.

Turkish Stories - B1 Level

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

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PİKTES
B1

Altın Bilezik

"Altın Bilezik" is a B1 story for adults (13+) about a job interview where both the applicant and the manager discover their fathers were carpenters. Through exchanging life stories, they reflect on the Turkish concept of "altın bilezik" — a trade skill as life insurance — and the honest engineer gets hired.

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B1

Cevapsız Arama

"Cevapsız Arama" is a B1 thriller for adults (13+) about a lawyer who misses 20 calls while preparing for a high-stakes trial. He discovers his pregnant wife has been kidnapped by criminals threatening him to drop the case. Police track the phone signal, rescue the wife, and the baby is born safely.

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Baraka

"Baraka" is a B1 story for adults (13+) about two inseparable university friends. When one starts acting mysteriously, the other secretly follows him to a shack, only to discover his friend has been secretly building Turkey's first electric car to name it after him as a surprise.

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B1

Hırsız Kim?

"Hırsız Kim?" is a B1 story for adults (13+) about two TV reporters investigating a mysterious repeat burglary where nothing forensic is found. The twist: the "thief" is the homeowners' elderly mother, who secretly hid their belongings to teach them a lesson about oversharing their travel plans on social media.

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B1

Köstekli Saat

"Köstekli Saat" is a B1 story for adults (13+) about a history graduate in a small Anatolian town who finds an antique pocket watch while ploughing, sells it to fund his dream history classroom, then discovers it was his great-grandfather's heirloom — only for the jeweler to secretly return it as a gift.

Turkish Stories - B2 Level

Part of the PIKTES Project by the Turkish Ministry of National Education & the European Union.

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PİKTES
B2

Kumların Altındaki Sır

"Kumların Altındaki Sır" is a B2 story for adults (13+) about two siblings on holiday in Bozcaada who sneak into a hidden staircase in the castle, discover bones they excitedly assume are dinosaur fossils, only to learn from a museum worker they are actually ancient royal guard dogs being prepared for exhibition.

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B2

Yıl Sonu Pikniği

"Yıl Sonu Pikniği" is a B2 story for adults (13+) narrated by a Jordanian medical student in Istanbul. Her international Turkish prep class organizes an end-of-year picnic with each student bringing food from their country. The day ends in panic when a classmate goes "missing" — found fast asleep on the back seat of the bus.

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B2

Ağrı Dağı'na Tırmanış

"Ağrı Dağı'na Tırmanış" is a B2 adventure story for adults (13+) about two experienced climbers tackling Mount Ararat. When one falls into a hidden cave, they explore deeper and discover ancient wooden remains and animal bones — which they excitedly speculate could be Noah's Ark — before finding their way out near the village below.

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B2

Kral Mezarları

Kral Mezarları" is a B2 adventure story for adults (13+) about a young archaeologist who discovers a hidden passage inside an ancient tomb in Kaş. He navigates underground chambers, finds a lava-surrounded diamond, uses an Indiana Jones-style weight swap to take it safely, and reports the discovery to his father and museum authorities.

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B2

Ateş Böcekleriyle Dans

"Ateş Böcekleriyle Dans" is a B2 story for adults (13+) about a high school camping club president who sneaks out at night and becomes convinced he's seeing a UFO. The next day his teacher leads everyone back to the spot and reveals the "alien spacecraft" was actually thousands of fireflies swarming around their queen.

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