- Language
- Türkçe
- Letters
- 29
- Writing system
- Latin
- Direction
- Left to right
Standard order
Uppercase and lowercase letters
Uppercase
A B C Ç D E F G Ğ H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z
Lowercase
a b c ç d e f g ğ h ı i j k l m n o ö p r s ş t u ü v y z
Letter pairs
Every letter by position
Each tile pairs the uppercase and lowercase form and shows the letter's position in the alphabet.
- A a Letter 1: A, a
- B b Letter 2: B, b
- C c Letter 3: C, c
- Ç ç Letter 4: Ç, ç
- D d Letter 5: D, d
- E e Letter 6: E, e
- F f Letter 7: F, f
- G g Letter 8: G, g
- Ğ ğ Letter 9: Ğ, ğ
- H h Letter 10: H, h
- I ı Letter 11: I, ı
- İ i Letter 12: İ, i
- J j Letter 13: J, j
- K k Letter 14: K, k
- L l Letter 15: L, l
- M m Letter 16: M, m
- N n Letter 17: N, n
- O o Letter 18: O, o
- Ö ö Letter 19: Ö, ö
- P p Letter 20: P, p
- R r Letter 21: R, r
- S s Letter 22: S, s
- Ş ş Letter 23: Ş, ş
- T t Letter 24: T, t
- U u Letter 25: U, u
- Ü ü Letter 26: Ü, ü
- V v Letter 27: V, v
- Y y Letter 28: Y, y
- Z z Letter 29: Z, z
Origins and development
A short history
The modern Turkish alphabet was adopted in 1928 as part of a language reform, replacing the Arabic-based Ottoman script. Its letters were selected to represent Turkish sounds more transparently.