MULTILINGUAL DTP CHEATSHEET: TURKISH EDITION

Posted on February 20, 2023

LANGUAGE PARTICULARITIES - TURKISH EDITION

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
GeneralThe alphabet consists of 21 consonants and 8 vowels. There are two types of vowels, dotted (e, i, ö, ü) and plain (a, i, o, u) 
 ISO 639-1 codeTR
 Language familyLatin (Turkic)
 CountriesTürkiye (official), Northern Cyprus (official), Cyprus (official),
Azerbaijan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Greece, 
Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina
 SpeakersNative: 82 million
 Capitalization rulesTurkish has a different system of capitalization than English, with some letters capitalized in certain contexts, such as the first letter of a sentence, proper nouns, and abbreviations.
GLYPH SPECIFICATIONS
Text expansion and contraction rates1.4 x
Character setĞ, "İ" (i without dot), Ş, Ç, Ö, Ü
Fonts (compatibility)Most installed fonts on Macs and PCs accommodate Turkish text, such as Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, or Palatino (Mac OS X). Noto is a compatible Unicode font available online.
TEXT WRAPPING
Text directionLeft to right
Hyphenation rulesHyphens can be used at the end of a line when words are split over two lines and are broken down by syllabic structure. They are rarely used to join words together. No prefixes or suffixes exist which are joined to words using hyphens. Both "n" dashes ( - ) and "m" dashes (—) are used with the former being more common.
Capitalization rulesTurkish has a different system of capitalization than English, with some letters capitalized in certain contexts, such as the first letter of a sentence, proper nouns, and abbreviations.
KerningTurkish differentiates between i with and without a dot. It is necessary to take an individual approach to both of these characters as well—whereas the pair Ti may not need any kerning, Tı does.
TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS
AccentsThe usual alphabetical accents (as in "i" or "ü") also appear in the upper case characters. There are no other accents.
Number systemThe units are always singular, even if the quantity is plural:
Thousands separator4000 / 50.000 (thousands separator '.' is not used for four-digit numbers)
Decimal4,5 cm
Date20.02.2004 or 20/02/2004 or 20-02-2004
Time10.30 am / noon / 4.30 pm / midnight - sabah 10.30 / öglen / ögleden sonra 4.30 or 16.30 / gece yarisi
CurrencyThe currency symbol, name, or abbreviation is written after the figure. 45 TL / 45 lira or 45 Türk Lirasi
OthersThere should always be a space between a figure and a measurement abbreviation with the exception of the % and °C symbols. 
Ordinal numbers: e.g. 1. for 1s t, 2. for 2nd, 3. for 3rd
The % symbol appears before the figure without a space e.g. %100. Temperatures should be written with no space e.g. 30°C.
PUNCTUATION MARKS
Quotations marksQuotation marks are represented by two straight vertical lines. i.e. "Hadi biraz eğlenelim"
Exclamation marksIt is used at the end of an emphatic declaration, interjection, or command. i.e. Hava ne kadar da soğuk!
Question marksIt is used at the end of a direct question. i.e. Adınız ne?
Use of colon and semi-colonColons, semi-colons, and the ellipsis (…) are used in the same way as in English. ( . , ; : )
MISCELLANEOUS
Surnames are given after the first name and can appear in upper case.
Bold and italic usages are very similar to English.
Units of measurement are always in singular form even if the quantity is more than one.
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