Turkish breakfast begins with tea. This guide covers the weekday table, a slower weekend kahvaltı, menemen, sucuklu yumurta, and the Turkish words you will hear around the sofra.

A reading guide to Turkish children's books for ages 0–14, including English translations, Turkish-English bilingual books, Turkish-language reading lists and stories to watch and listen to.

What should you bring home from Türkiye? Discover Turkish souvenirs, food and everyday objects, from tea glasses, coffee and lokum to kolonya, peştamal, ceramics, kilims and spices, with the culture and Turkish words behind them.

A practical guide to connecting your Turkish study sessions across the week, with ideas for vocabulary, listening, speaking, review, and a free self-check.

Learning Turkish while married to a Turk: Eliza shares her 13-year journey through family life, bilingual parenting, immersion and everyday Turkish.

Explore the history of Turkish tea culture, from Ottoman tea drinking and Rize cultivation to çaydanlık, ince belli glasses, paşa çayı, kıtlama and apple tea.

Jonathan learned Turkish before traveling to Türkiye for a hair transplant. His story follows language learning, medical travel and two trips to Bursa.

Explore Turkish wedding traditions from Central Asian Turkic customs and Dede Korkut to kına gecesi, kız isteme, Ottoman weddings, nikâh, takı and modern Türkiye.

What August 30 Zafer Bayramı commemorates in Türkiye, from the Ottoman defeat in World War I and the occupations to Dumlupınar, Lausanne, and the Republic.

A personal story about learning Turkish through Turkish TV series, film, music, friendships, and years of studying the Turkish language.

A new post in my student stories series. Haris, one of my students from Atlanta, had loved Türkiye for almost a decade before he ever sat down to learn the language properly. He writes about what finally brought him to lessons, and what changed once structure entered the picture.

For readers in a hurry: Summer in Türkiye has developed around different ways of leaving the heat behind. For centuries, pastoral communities moved their animals to the cooler yayla. Ottoman Istanbul had its sayfiye districts and summer residences. Later came the yazlık, the family summer house, followed by the growth of Aegean and Mediterranean holiday towns and large coastal resorts. Alongside these larger changes are the small habits of an ordinary summer evening: going do