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Regular live classes in small groups. Ask questions, practice conversation, progress fast.
You speak Turkish every week, with a native teacher
You join whichever slot suits you, with nothing to book. The joining link arrives by email, and the session is recorded.
- 4 slots this week, across all three levels
- 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
- Replay available the same evening, with no time limit

Reconnect with Turkish
The language of your parents, your grandparents or your partner. The one you want to pass on to your children.





- Finally understand what is said at the table, and answer back.
- Your in-laws speak Turkish to you. Answer them in Turkish.
A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.
Start for freeHear Turkish spoken by a native teacher
A preview of our human recordings, embedded inside your lessons.
Progress in Turkish between classes, at your own pace
Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.
Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day
Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.
- 235 lessons across 71 modules, from beginner to advanced
- Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
- Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
You hear the language as it is actually spoken
The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.
- Every sentence can be played and slowed down
- The transcription and translation sit under the audio
- You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box
You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.
- Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
- An end-of-level test opens the next level
- A level certificate at the end of the course
Your Turkish level, certified in your name
- Issued once you have passed every lesson of a level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
- Downloadable as a PDF and shareable on LinkedIn
- A unique number, verifiable online on targumi.com
- Included in the plans with live classes, from the first payment: it is not issued during the trial
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Your Turkish curriculum
Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 71 modules, 235+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.
- Vowel harmony in action , suffixes that change the game10 min
- Consonant assimilation , when consonants adapt too10 min
- Saying hello in Turkish, Merhaba and the basic greetings10 min
- Saying Goodbye, Hoşça kal, Güle güle, and Farewell Expressions10 min
- Thanking and Apologizing , Teşekkürler, Rica ederim, Özür dilerim10 min
- Everyday polite expressions , Afiyet olsun, Kolay gelsin and more10 min
- Saying your name , Benim adım... and simple introductions10 min
- Stating your nationality , Ben Fransızım and the adjectives of nationality10 min
- Saying your age and profession , Yaşındayım and meslek10 min
- Introducing yourself in context , complete dialogues and practice10 min
- Nationalities , Ben Fransızım, sen Türksün10 min
- Common professions , Meslek10 min
- Workplaces and useful phrases10 min
- Talking about yourself , introducing yourself fully10 min
- The close family , Anne, baba, kardeş10 min
- The extended family , Dede, babaanne, anneanne10 min
- The couple and the home , Eş, koca, karı10 min
- Talking about your family , Phrases and possessives10 min
- Numbers from 1 to 20 , Bir'den yirmi'ye10 min
- Tens and hundreds , Otuz'dan yüz'e10 min
- Prices and money , Fiyat, lira, kuruş10 min
- Age and quantities , Yaş, sayma10 min
- Main Colors, Ana renkler10 min
- Size and dimensions , Büyük, küçük10 min
- Beauty and qualities , Güzel, çirkin10 min
- Describing people and objects , Combinations10 min
- Asking and telling the time , Saat kaç?10 min
- Half hours and quarter hours , Buçuk ve çeyrek10 min
- The precise minutes , Dakikalar10 min
- The times of day , Günün zamanları10 min
- The days of the week , Haftanın günleri10 min
- The months of the year , Aylar10 min
- Dates and ordinal numbers , Tarihler10 min
- Time expressions , Bugün, yarın, dün10 min
- Meals and the basics, Öğünler10 min
- Iconic Turkish dishes , Türk yemekleri10 min
- Drinks and desserts , İçecekler ve tatlılar10 min
- Shopping and the market , Alışveriş ve pazar10 min
- Types of housing and rooms , Ev ve odalar10 min
- Furniture and objects , Mobilyalar ve eşyalar10 min
- Prepositions of place , İçinde, üstünde, altında10 min
- Describing your home , Evimi anlatmak10 min
- Means of transport , Ulaşım araçları10 min
- Asking for directions , Nasıl gidilir?10 min
- Tickets and stops , Bilet ve durak10 min
- Getting around the city , Şehir içi ulaşım10 min
- Shopping vocabulary , Alışveriş10 min
- Clothes and sizes , Kıyafetler ve bedenler10 min
- Haggling at the bazaar , Pazarlık yapmak10 min
- At the shopping centre , AVM'de10 min
- The types of restaurant , Restoran ve lokanta10 min
- Ordering a meal , Sipariş vermek10 min
- The bill and the tip , Hesap ve bahşiş10 min
- Turkish dishes and drinks , Türk yemekleri ve içecekleri10 min
- The booking , Rezervasyon10 min
- Arrival and departure , Giriş ve çıkış10 min
- In the room , Odada10 min
- Hotel services , Otel hizmetleri10 min
- Ordering , Sipariş vermek10 min
- Food preferences , Damak zevkleri10 min
- Turkish gastronomy , Türk mutfağı10 min
- The bill and tipping , Hesap ve bahşiş10 min
- Booking a room, Oda rezervasyonu10 min
- The check-in , Giriş işlemleri10 min
- Problems and requests, Sorunlar ve istekler10 min
- Checking out , Çıkış işlemleri10 min
- The parts of the body , Vücut bölümleri10 min
- Describing your symptoms , Belirtileri anlatmak10 min
- At the pharmacy , Eczanede10 min
- Appointments and insurance , Randevu ve sigorta10 min
- Calling for help , Yardım çağırmak10 min
- Loss and theft , Kayıp ve hırsızlık10 min
- Travel problems , Seyahat sorunları10 min
- Solving a problem , Bir sorunu çözmek10 min
- Cause and consequence , Neden-sonuç (çünkü, -DIğI için, -DAn dolayı)15 min
- Purpose, Amaç (-mAk için, -sIn diye)15 min
- Time , Zaman (-DIğIndA, -ArkEn, -IncA, -mAdAn önce, -DIktAn sonra)15 min
- Condition , Koşul (-sA, -sAydI, -ArsA + eğer)15 min
- The passive , Edilgen çatı (-Il/-In)15 min
- The reciprocal and the reflexive , İşteş ve dönüşlü15 min
- The causative , Ettirgen çatı (-DIr/-t)15 min
- Compound verbs , Birleşik fiiller15 min
- The office, Ofiste15 min
- Job interview , İş görüşmesi15 min
- Working life , Çalışma hayatı15 min
- Professional communication , İş iletişimi15 min
- At university , Üniversitede15 min
- Exams and results , Sınavlar15 min
- Student life , Öğrenci hayatı15 min
- Projects and presentations , Projeler ve sunumlar15 min
- Planning a trip , Seyahat planı15 min
- Istanbul , İstanbul15 min
- The Coast and the South, Ege ve Akdeniz15 min
- The Heartland of Turkey, Anadolu15 min
- Official documents , Belgeler15 min
- At the Bank, Bankada15 min
- PTT and public services , PTT ve hizmetler15 min
- Turkish bureaucracy , Türk bürokrasisi15 min
- I think that , Bence / Düşünüyorum15 min
- Agreement and disagreement , Katılmak / Katılmamak15 min
- Expressing cause , Çünkü / Bu yüzden15 min
- Comparisons , Daha / En / Kadar / Gibi15 min
- Joy and surprise , Sevinç ve şaşkınlık15 min
- Sadness , Üzüntü15 min
- Anger , Öfke15 min
- Fear and worry , Korku ve endişe15 min
- Concession , Her ne kadar...olsa da15 min
- Hypothesis , Koşul ve varsayım15 min
- Consequence , Sonuç bildirme15 min
- Persuasion , İkna etme15 min
- Turkish slang , Argo15 min
- Proverbs, Atasözleri15 min
- Turkish humour , Türk mizahı15 min
- Registers of language , Resmi ve gayri resmi15 min
- The Ottoman Empire , Osmanlı İmparatorluğu15 min
- Atatürk and the Republic , Atatürk ve Cumhuriyet15 min
- Modern Turkey , Modern Türkiye15 min
- Turkey Today , Günümüz Türkiyesi15 min
- Ramadan and Bayram , Ramazan ve Bayram15 min
- Turkish weddings, Türk düğünleri15 min
- Tea and coffee culture , Çay ve kahve kültürü15 min
- Customs, Gelenek görenekler15 min
- Literature , Edebiyat15 min
- Cinema and TV Series, Sinema ve diziler15 min
- Music , Müzik15 min
- Social media , Sosyal medya15 min
- Education , Eğitim15 min
- Daily life , Günlük yaşam15 min
- Economy , Ekonomi15 min
- Current issues , Güncel konular15 min
- Vowel harmony and suffixes15 min
- Conjugation and tenses12 min
- Gençlik dili , Youth slang (tilt, cringe, flex)15 min
- Turkish proverbs10 min
- Idiomatic expressions10 min
- Stories of Nasreddin Hoca10 min
- Expressions of Arabic and Ottoman origin10 min
- Istanbul Turkish10 min
- The Black Sea accent10 min
- The South-East accent10 min
- The language of the media10 min
- Divan literature, Fuzuli, Baki and the aruz metre15 min
- Folk literature , Yunus Emre, Karacaoğlan and the aşık tradition15 min
- Tanzimat edebiyatı , Namık Kemal, Şinasi and modernization15 min
- Cumhuriyet edebiyatı , Nazım Hikmet, Yaşar Kemal15 min
- Orhan Pamuk , Nobel, Benim Adım Kırmızı, Kar15 min
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar , Huzur, Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü15 min
- Turkish cinema , Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Kış Uykusu, Yeşilçam15 min
- Çağdaş edebiyat , Elif Şafak, Sabahattin Ali, İnce Memed15 min
- Ottoman reading, Arabic letters and simple texts15 min
- Tarihi belgeler , Ferman, vakfiye and yazışma15 min
- Türk düşüncesi , Ziya Gökalp and Atatürk's Nutuk15 min
- Hukuk dili , Law, courts, petitions and contracts15 min
- Resmi e-posta , Sayın, saygılarımla and the attachment15 min
- Özgeçmiş , Kişisel bilgiler, eğitim ve deneyim15 min
- Makale ve kompozisyon , Tez, argüman ve sonuç15 min
- Yaratıcı yazarlık , Creative Writing: Short Stories, Essays, and Poetry15 min
- Toplantı , Meeting, agenda and minutes20 min
- Müzakere , Negotiation, offers and concessions20 min
- Sunum , Presentation, data and questions20 min
- İş ağı , Networking, business cards and introductions20 min
- Argüman yapısı , Thesis, evidence, refutation20 min
- Tartışma teknikleri , Counter-argument, concession, synthesis20 min
- Toplumsal konular , Environment, education, technology20 min
- Resmi münazara , Closing argument, closing speech20 min
- Arabuluculuk, Mediation, conciliation and agreement20 min
- Diplomatik dil , Communiqués, positions and negotiations20 min
- Kültürlerarası iletişim , Intercultural communication20 min
- Professional ethics , Professional ethics in mediation20 min
- Yazılı çeviri , Written translation techniques20 min
- Sözlü çeviri , Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting20 min
- Yanlış arkadaşlar FR-TR , French-Turkish false friends20 min
- Çeviri türleri , Literary, legal and technical translation20 min
- Haber analizi , Press analysis: headline, content, commentary20 min
- Rapor yazımı , Report writing: structure, conclusion, recommendation20 min
- İleri düzey sunum , Advanced presentation: rhetoric and storytelling20 min
- Türkçe mülakat , Job interview: CV, the STAR method, trick questions20 min
- YDS strategy, Reading, listening, writing: exam methods20 min
- İleri düzey kelime , Academic, Legal, and Medical Vocabulary20 min
- Uzun metin okuma , Understanding articles, essays and reports20 min
- İleri düzey yazma , Academic article, review, analysis20 min
- Turkish diaspora in Europe , Avrupa'daki Türk diasporası20 min
- The Turkish Diaspora in Europe , Avrupa'daki Türk diasporası20 min
- Turkish diaspora in Europe , Avrupa'daki Türk diasporası20 min
- Turkish diaspora in Europe , Avrupa'daki Türk diasporası20 min
- Turkish politics: AKP, CHP and polarisation , Türk siyaseti20 min
- + 13 more
- Writing an Essay in Turkish, Türkçe deneme yazımı25 min
- Writing a Dissertation in Turkish , Türkçe deneme yazımı25 min
- Writing an essay in Turkish , Türkçe deneme yazımı25 min
- The formal letter in Turkish , Resmi mektup20 min
- The professional email in Turkish , İş e-postası20 min
- + 7 more
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What you'll learn in Turkish
A curriculum designed to get you speaking Turkish in the situations that actually matter to you.
Start for free- 01Conversational Turkish and modern Istanbul slang
- 02Agglutinative grammar: suffixes and vowel harmony
- 03Business Turkish for Turkish and regional markets
- 04Understanding Turkish TV series (dizi): Diriliş Ertuğrul, Kara Sevda
- 05Travel Turkish: Istanbul, Cappadocia, the Aegean coast
- 06Regional Turkish dialects and diaspora Turkish (German community)
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- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
- Every language included: over 100 languages, and you switch language whenever you like, at no extra cost.
Launch offer until October 31 at 11:59 pm (Paris time) · Limited number of spots
Reduced price kept for as long as you stay subscribed
- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
- Every language included: over 100 languages, and you switch language whenever you like, at no extra cost.
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