Ok so if I understand this right, if a word ends with a vowel a, ı, o, u then we end the word with lar.  If there is a consonate after the vowel, we ignore the consonate and base our ending with the last vowel in the word?

For the the plural of words ending with e, i, ö, ü the ending is ler.

But what is y?  Is it a vowel or consonate?

you are right about -lar, -ler suffix but where is "y"

well one word that comes to mind is köy, the plural is köyler, isn´t the y a vowel and why isn´t it taken into consideration?  Is the letter y the red headed child of the alphabet?

y isn´t a vowel. It is a consonant. There are eight vowls in Turkish. They are: a,e,ı,i,o,ö,u,ü.

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