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MEDIA

Postby Raconteur » Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:48 pm

MEDIA

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––––OTHER-––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

  • Vikipedi (Turkish Wikipedia)
  • Puhutv (VOD)
  • International streaming platforms: Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime operate in Turkey and may offer additional Turkish language content, and Turkish audio/subtitle options in Turkey (or while using VPN outside of Turkey).

Please help to improve this section by posting your recommendations below.
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FOOTNOTES

Postby Raconteur » Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:50 pm

FOOTNOTES

1. Exception: Assimil left in main lists due to the brand’s importance to many autodidactic learners. Language of instruction: [FR] French; [DE] German; [PL] Polish
2. Audio for the new courses can be obtained legally on the Teach Yourself Library. Requires a free account.
3. Vintage US Government language courses can be obtained legally on a number of websites including: DLIFLC, ERIC, Headstart2, and Yojik.eu. Direct links are provided, however, as links expire all the time, don’t worry if any of the websites above are defunct, a quick web search should allow you to find these resources somewhere else.
4. Also the author of older Teach Yourself manuals, content seems similar
5. Rosetta Stone Version 3 is not backward compatible with language packs developed for Rosetta Stone Versions 1 or 2. Rosetta Stone Version 4 is backward compatible with all language packs developed for Version 3. Most recent software suite option is Version 5 (2014)
6. This is a pared-down version of the older and out-of-print "Turkish Self-Study Course" (ISBN 978-9754711615) by the same authors. The older course comprises 6 CDs with 3 self-contained textbooks with exercises and answers. The newer course comprises 2 CDs with one larger self-contained textbook. The primary difference is that the extra audio of the older course consists of someone reading the dialogues and narratives along with almost all of the lists of vocabulary and example sentences. The audio of the newer course contains the dialogues and narratives and only a few of the lists of vocabulary and example sentences - an improvement in my opinion.
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Sonjaconjota » Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:26 am

Thanks for all the work you put into this!
I have some additional information about resources, especially for German-speaking learners of Turkish. I’m going to add it gradually.
I guess all the different dictionaries German-Turkish aren’t really of interest? What about books more aimed at learning with a teacher in a classroom setting? There are also many bilingual childrens’ books German/Turkish, are those worth listing?

English
The Delights of Learning Turkish - Companion Workbook
Yaşar Esendal Kuzucu, 2020
[workbook]

Teach Yourself | Turkish Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook
Emine Cakir, 2019
[workbook]

German

Buske | Grammatikübungsbuch Türkisch
Brigitte Moser-Weithmann, 2012
[workbook]

Buske | Lese- und Übungsbuch Türkisch
Hayrettin Seyhan, 2016
[workbook]

Buske | Kaçan Adam
Marianne Wiegand, 2019
[graded reader]

Kauderwelsch | Türkisch Wort für Wort
Marcus Stein, 2015
[phrasebook]

Kauderwelsch | Türkisch Slang - das andere Türkisch
Al Page, 2011
[phrasebook]

Circon Lernkrimi | Son Durak İstanbul
- Mafalda Ade et al., 2020
[graded reader]

Norea Druck | Ich lerne Türkisch mit Kreuzworträtseln
Philippa Hell-Höflinger, 2013
[puzzles]
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Raconteur » Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:41 pm

Sonjaconjota wrote:Thanks for all the work you put into this!
I have some additional information about resources, especially for German-speaking learners of Turkish. I’m going to add it gradually.
I guess all the different dictionaries German-Turkish aren’t really of interest? What about books more aimed at learning with a teacher in a classroom setting? There are also many bilingual childrens’ books German/Turkish, are those worth listing?
Thanks for your help! :D

I'm open to suggestion re: what should go in, but my hunch is:
  • Dictionaries: only top quality, best ones
  • Classroom books, sure, but clearly marked as such
  • Children's books, if you think they can be used by adults, then absolutely.

Also, to help me out, could you please edit the above recommendations (and any future ones) in the following format? This will really help me to quickly implement them into main list, as I could just copy/paste your recommendations in.
Brand (if any) | Name of Book/Product
Author (if known), First published (if known)
[type/category of material]
You can just use the code template I made here:

Code: Select all

[b]Brand[/b] | Name of Book/Product
Author: First, Last, YEAR ####)
[type/category of material]


EXAMPLE OF OUTPUT:

Kauderwelsch | Türkisch Wort für Wort
Marcus Stein, 2012
[phrasebook]
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Chung » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:44 pm

Here are a few more titles for the list

COURSES (1980 - PRESENT)
Modern Turkish
B. Orhan Doğan. 1999
(N.B. latest edition is the 11th from 2018)

FONO Easy Turkish Course
Birsen Çankaya, Andy Hilton, Sevgi Hilton & Şükrü Meriç. 2004

(N.B. this is a pared-down version of the older and out-of-print "Turkish Self-Study Course" (ISBN 978-9754711615) by the same authors. The older course comprises 6 CDs with 3 self-contained textbooks with exercises and answers. The newer course comprises 2 CDs with one larger self-contained textbook. The primary difference is that the extra audio of the older course consists of someone reading the dialogues and narratives along with almost all of the lists of vocabulary and example sentences. The audio of the newer course contains the dialogues and narratives and only a few of the lists of vocabulary and example sentences - an improvement in my opinion).

RESOURCES IN OTHER LANGUAGES OF INSTRUCTION:

Kolay gelsin! A1-A2
Zehra Entschew, Ayşe Tetik & Nicolas Labasque, 2014

Kolay gelsin! B1
Zehra Entschew & Ayşe Tetik, 2014

(For more information on these courses, look at Klett's webpage for Turkish material. There are extra workbooks / answer keys for purchase and downloadable audio)

PONS Power-Sprachkurs | Türkisch 1
Michaela Hillmeier, Şirin Seçkin & Yasemin Yıldız. 2022
(N.B. rebranded version of "PONS Power-Sprachkurs Türkisch für Anfänger")

PONS Power-Sprachkurs | Türkisch für Fortgeschrittene
Erkin Günesdoğdu. 2018

(For more offerings issued by PONS, add the titles to the appropriate sections of your thread based on this list. There are dictionaries and phrasebooks that I'm too lazy to type here.)

Sprachkurs Plus Türkisch
Asuman Çelen-Pollard & David Pollard. 2009
(N.B. Translation and adaptation in German of "Teach Yourself Complete Turkish")
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Raconteur » Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:39 pm

Sonjaconjota wrote:English
The Delights of Learning Turkish [...]
Chung wrote:COURSES (1980 - PRESENT)
Modern Turkish [...]
The resources you have recommended are now copied to appropriate sections. Thank you so much for your help! If you have any additional resources in English or other languages, please reply under this message. Best, -Rac.
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Sonjaconjota » Thu May 04, 2023 1:27 pm

Some more German resources:

PONS | Praxiswörterbuch Türkisch [dictionary, 30000 keywords]
Gregor Vetter, 2015

PONS | Basiswörterbuch Türkisch [dictionary, 50000 keywords]
Tuba Celiktas, 2020

PONS | Kompaktwörterbuch Türkisch [dictionary, 120000 keywords]
Osman Nazım Kıygı, 2022

PONS | Pocket-Sprachkurs Türkisch [very basic course / phrasebook]
Canan Eulenberger-Özdamar, 2015

PONS | Grammatik kurz und bündig Türkisch [grammar book]
Hasan Çakır, 2015

PONS | Reise-Sprachführer Türkisch [phrasebook]
Gregor Vetter, Anette Dralle, 2015

PONS | Pocket-Sprachführer Türkisch [phrasebook]
Ines Balcik, 2018

PONS | Sprachkalender Türkisch [yearly tear-off calendar with activities]

Langenscheidt | Universal-Wörterbuch Türkisch [dictionary 30000 keywords]
Derya Zeyrek, 2022

Langenscheidt | Praktisches Wörterbuch Türkisch [dictionary 55000 keywords]
Evelyn Glose, 2023

Langenscheidt | Taschenwörterbuch Türkisch [dictionary 95000 keywords]
Heinz F. Wendt, Tevfik Turan, 2015

Langenscheidt | Universal-Sprachführer Türkisch [phrasebook]
2023

Langenscheidt | Audio-Sprachführer Türkisch [audio, mp3-download, phrasebook]
2020

Langenscheidt | Sprachführer Türkisch [phrasebook]
2014

Langenscheidt | Türkisch mit System [coursebook]
2023

Schulwerkstatt Verlag | Türkische Grammatik – Clever gelernt! [grammar book]
Jutta Çıkar, Mustafa Çıkar, 2016

Tredition GmbH | Das erste türkische Lesebuch für Anfänger [graded reader]
Kemal Osman, 2023

Harrassowitz | Türkische Grammatik ausführlich und verständlich [grammar book]
Margarete I. Ersen-Rasch, 2012

Harrassowitz | Türkisch für Fortgeschrittene B1 - C1/C2 [coursebook]
Margarete I. Ersen-Rasch, 2017
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Sonjaconjota » Fri May 05, 2023 12:36 pm

More resources in German:

Hueber | Einstieg Türkisch für Kurzentschlossene [simple coursebook / phrasebook]
2000

Hueber | Kurzgrammatik Türkisch [grammar book]
Hasan Çakır, 2011

Hueber | Mit Türkisch unterwegs [phrasebook]
Juliane Forßmann et al., 2011

Hueber | Smart Türkisch [phrasebook]
2016

Hueber | Sprachkurs Türkisch [coursebook]
Doğan Tezel, Ali Tuğutlu, 2019

Hueber | Wortschatz einfach praktisch - Türkisch [vocabulary / phrasebook]
Ayşen Bayramlı, Gökalp Bayramlı 2010

Hueber | Türkisch alltagstauglich [vocabulary / phrasebook]
Özlem Tekin, John Stevens, 2013

Hueber | Türkisch lernen mit The Grooves [audiocourse]
Eva Brandecker et al., 2019

Hueber | Haydi Tatile! [coursebook A1, seems to be more aimed at group classes with a teacher]
Hasan Çakır, Daniel Krasa, 2021

Hueber | Ne güzel! A1 [coursebook, seems to be aimed more at group classes with a teacher]
Doğan Tezel, 2022

Hueber | Ne güzel! A2 [coursebook, seems to be aimed more at group classes with a teacher]
Doğan Tezel, 2019

Hueber | Güle güle A1+A2 [coursebook, seems to be aimed more at group classes with a teacher]
1998

Hueber | Güle güle Arbeitsbuch A1+A2 [workbook, seems to be aimed more at group classes with a teacher]
1998


dtv | Hoş geldin - Herzlich willkommen: Die Türkei in kleinen Geschichten [parallel text]
Celal Özcan et al., 2003

dtv | Nasreddin Hoca'dan en iyi fıkralar - Die besten Geschichten von Nasreddin Hodscha [parallel text]
Celal Özcan et al., 2008

dtv | Türkçe okuma kitabı - Erste türkische Lesestücke [parallel text]
Celal Özcan et al., 2008

dtv | İstanbul anlatıyor - Istanbul erzählt [parallel text]
Wolfgang Riemann, 2010

dtv | Modern Türk öyküleri - Moderne türkische Erzählungen [parallel text]
Wolfgang Riemann, 2017

dtv | Hep kebap olmaz - Es muss nicht immer Kebap sein : eine kulinarische Reise durch die Türkei [parallel text]
Celal Özcan et al., 2021

I'm going to add more things during the next days.
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Raconteur » Sat May 06, 2023 11:45 am

Sonjaconjota wrote:I'm going to add more things during the next days.
Wow! All these resources make me wish I knew German – looks like it would open a whole new bookshelf of Turkish resources to me! But maybe it is for the best that I don't speak German. I'm struggling with resource wanderlust as things stand :lol: !

Currently, I'm using Teach Yourself by Pollard (1996) for Turkish!

Thanks again for all the recommendations Sonjaconjota, I'll incorporate them into the main lists when I have some time to spare.
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Re: Turkish Resources (Comprehensive)

Postby Sonjaconjota » Sun May 07, 2023 4:59 pm

Okay, here's the rest, I think that's all.

Turkish

Yunus Emre Enstitüsü | Yedi iklim Türkçe [6 monolingual coursebooks from A1 up to C2, seem to be aimed more for group classes with a teacher]
Mahir Kalfa et al., 2017

Kultur Sanat B | Yeni İstanbul [5 monolingual coursebooks + workbooks from A1 up to C1, seem to be aimed more for group classes with a teacher]
Enver Gedik et al., 2020

Psychedelic Turkish rock music from the 60s and 70s:
https://www.youtube.com/c/AnatolianRockRevivalProject

Videocourse: Anadolu ders kitabı, videos A1 and A2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eKNEAPN7v8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqex_V2h-o


English

DEM Turkish Center | downloadable worksheets, video lessons and graded readers
https://demturkishbookstore.com/collect ... -b1?page=1

T&P Books | English - Turkish Theme-based dictionary (3000, 5000, 7000 or 9000 keywords)
2022
(They offer these for different language combinations, also for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Sebian, Spanish)

Tuttle | Making out in Turkish (phrasebook)
Ahsley Carman, 2009


French

Editions Harmattan | Parlons turc
Gönen Güzel, Dominique Halbout, 2002

Editions Harmattan | Grammaire du turc
Bernard Golstein, 1999

Ellipses | Tamam - Initiation à la langue turque
Marie-Hélène Sauner-Leroy, Celile Eren Okten, 2012

Ellipses | Haydi! - Les bases de la grammaire turque en 50 fiches (avec exercices corrigés)
Cybèle Berk, Michel Bozdémir, 2020

Ellipses | Evet! - Premiers pas en turc - A1/A2
Töreli Esnault Deniz, 2022

Ellipses | Réponse a tout - Turc
Patrice Kirmizigul, 2008

Ellipses | 45 leçons pour parler turc
Patrice Kirmizigul, Sophie Pelloux, 2017

Ellipses | 1001 expressions pour tout dire en turc
Patrice Kirmizigul, Sophie Pelloux, 2014

Studyrama | La conversation en turc
Jack Salom, Payam Yalçınkaya, 2021

Studyrama | Mini-guide de conversation - Turc
Jack Salom, Payam Yalçınkaya, 2016

Studyrama | 50 règles essentielles - Turc
Jack Salom, Payam Yalçınkaya, 2023

Asiatheque | Méthode de turc - Volume 1
Michel Bozdemir, 2013

Asiatheque | Méthode de turc - Volume 2
Michel Bozdemir, 2014

Asiatheque | Dictionnaire français - turc
1991


Spanish

Gramática turca, nivel básico
Muhammed Bilal Özyüksel, 2021

I have also found this, but I’m not sure if we should include it, because there was something weird going on:

Turco completo - El curso absoluto para principiantes
Ahmet Murat Taşer, 2021

I noticed that this course was on Google Books and had a look. It is a translation from English to Spanish, and in the Google Books excerpts, whole paragraphs were just left in in English. There were two reviews on Amazon, and they didn’t mention this.
So my theories are: Either the version on Google Books isn’t the last draft, and customers get a finished one, or the two people who wrote a review bought the book but never worked with it, or at least the one who gave five stars is friends with the author or translator. Who knows ...
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