hi, i have started using this sites lessons to start learning basics, but how can i teach myself to speak and read fluent turkish? would it be from buying one book/a series of books or would i have to pay a tutor to learn the language?

any replies are much appreciated

watch trt tv´s.

http://www.trt.net.tr/Canli/canli.aspx?Kanal=TV1

Thanks for the reply but what i really meant was how can i learn fluent turkish? Would just the one teach yourself turkish book and a dictionary teach me everything?

Quoting ..Laulau..

Thanks for the reply but what i really meant was how can i learn fluent turkish? Would just the one teach yourself turkish book and a dictionary teach me everything?

 Hi I have been trying to learn Turkish for about 2 years and even with a tutor I still cant get the R´s correct.....

I think that this takes along time to learn and also it helps it you can hear someone who is turkish speak the same word.

I have also trouble with the ´R harfi´ , I dont think İ will ever learn.

But accept that hopefully one day I´ll know fluently Turkish too.

Unfortunately there is no course here in Alanya for me at the moment, otherwise

İ would have gone. Now I have to learn more from books and watching television, it

also helps, but more slowly.

 You can get cd roms for your computer that have turkish people s[eaking the words.

One is called PDQ turkish.... I found this very good in the begining

my idea is that you need more studies about turkish grammar and then to talk with a turksh native and force him to speak in turkish; then you will be able to copy his talking and you will think in turkish not in your mother languages..but this...needs time...and patience...

..a non- english speaker dudu ? 

Thank you for your advice but I don´t need that kind of cdroms because İ live in Turkey with my turkish family in law so I hear Turkish around me all day  I just can´t say that R besides that my Turkish is pretty good already.

I just read my other text back and I understand now why you thought I am just beginning, my mistake.

I was meaning in the city İ live isn´t a high level course now which I need. I planned to go to Tömer üniversitesi but they only have beginner level right now.

Thank you everyone.

i will get some cd roms to help me, thanks solitaire