Turkish is a member of the Oghuz group of the Turkic family. Other members include Azerbaijani, spoken in Azerbaijan and north-west Iran, Gagauz of Gagauzia, Qashqai of south Iran and the Turkmen of Turkmenistan See more

Turkish is natively spoken by the Turkish people in Turkey and by the Turkish diaspora in some 30 other countries. The Turkish language is mutually intelligible with Azerbaijani. In particular, Turkish-speaking minorities exist in countries that formerly (in whole … See more

Modern standard Turkish is based on the dialect of Istanbul. This Istanbul Turkish (İstanbul Türkçesi) constitutes the model of written and spoken Turkish, as recommended by Ziya Gökalp, Ömer Seyfettin and others.
Dialectal variation … See more

Sentence groups
Turkish has two groups of sentences: verbal and nominal sentences. In the case of a verbal sentence, … See more

The earliest known Old Turkic inscriptions are the three monumental Orkhon inscriptions found in modern Mongolia. Erected in honour of the prince Kul Tigin and his brother Emperor See more

Consonants
At least one source claims Turkish consonants are laryngeally-specified three-way fortis-lenis … See more

With the exceptions stated below, Turkish words are oxytone (accented on the last syllable).
Exceptions to word-accent rules
1. Place-names are not oxytone: Anádolu (Anatolia), İstánbul. Most place names are accented on their … See more