no it was sent to me, and i downloaded it on my pc... and when my pc was reformated, it was gone... :S

Teach Yourself Turkish isn´t available on line though - you have to buy the book/cd (and ok you can have tea and biscuits - it is the season of goodwill after all )

 As you have been advised >> PLEASE KEEP CLEAR OF COLLOQUIAL TURKISH by Yusuf Mardin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is a not a book I would encourage anyone to acquire unless they were my worst enemy.  ´Teach Yourself´ [Two Books & CDs] are an excellent way to start.  It will take some time before Turkish will establish itself.  Keep listening to the CDs as much as you can.  First, just get ´Teach Yourself Turkish For Beginners´ [It comes with CDs].  Once you are familiar comfortable with it, get the next ´Teach Yourself´ [2nd Book will need a lot of translation on your own - a bit of a struggle at first].  It does NOT have the same degree of ready English translations at the back as with the first book in the series!!  But the struggle you go through will be very helpful.  Once you listen to the CDs [till you can almost remember the dialogues by heart], you will become increasingly confident.

Once your basic vocabulary becomes established ... have enough courage to supplement your resources by getting >> ´Teach Yourself Turkish´ by Prof. G.L. Lewis.  This is a bit ´dated´ in its approach but Lewis has enclosed an ´Ocean´ in a ´teacup´.  You will have to go through it with a fine toothcomb and don´t worry about doing ALL the excercises.  Read this book over and over again till you can almost visualise every page.  Don´t hesitate to make personal notes in the margins in your own hand. Each time you read it, it will enrich you more ... bit by bit. [ Take care! Lewis does not explain the use of -en, miþ, -dik and -ecek participles too nicely --- don´t worry]

Keep visiting Manisa Turkish website in parallel while you study > http://web.archive.org/web/20071227074125/www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/index.htm

This site is no longer ´alive´ but is available as an archive.  It is absolutely invaluable.

After spending, at least six months to a year in coping with (a) Teach Yourself Turkish + CDs [Books 1&2, by David & Cellen Pollard ISBN 9780340845349 & 9780071434225 respectively, (b) Teach Yourself Turkish by G.L. Lewis ISBN 0340 05828 5, and (c) By learning from Manisa website >>> you will now find ´Colloquial Turkish´ by Yusuf Mardin to be a good help.

Remember, it will take you at least a year or more of constant work and re-work using (a) (b) (c) above before you will then be more able to cope with ´Colloquial Turkish´ [eventually it is a good asset ... but only eventually].

If you do this, you will have reached intermediate stage.  Nothing will benefit you more than visiting Turkey, actually. 

Keep visiting www.turkishclass.com [Forum] and ask for help.  Go through Forum posts every evening [it will do wonders] >> but be careful of all the love messages in ´slang Turkish´!!  Some of the Turkish by uneducated Turks can be soul destroying and aweful !!

Warning:  You will go through a period of extreme doubt >> I speak from experience, but just struggle along.  Finally, in about two-three years [unless you are a genius] ... it will BEGIN to gel together.  Despite more than 5 years of struggle, and having Urdu, Arabic and Farsi background, I am still just a learner and not entirely confident to carry out an open ended conversation.  But, I am a confirmed ediot who also happens to suffer from dyslexia.  You will fare much better.  However, do not be in a hurry. It is aptly said,´Arabic is a language, Farsi is sweetmeat, but Turkish is an art´.

En sonunda size bir teklifim var, piþman olmeyecksiniz:  If you ever wish to visit Turkey, you are welcome to be my guest as I have a home and visit Turkey for extended periods, regularly.  Interaction, will no doubt, also help me. 

Tazx1