Long vowels 

There are long vowels with some words.

Long "a" is more frequent than the other long vowels. Some exaple of words that have long vowels ;

 Long "a"

ga:zi , bera:ber, ma:lum, ma:li, ca:hil, ifa:de

Long "e"  

te:sir

Long "u"

numu:ne, Kanu:ni

Long "i"

i:man, i:lan, şi:ve

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* Vowels in some words become long when a suffix starting  with a vowel is attached.

Some examples of such words ;

hukuk " law"  becomes ----> huku:ku

zaman "time"  becomes ---> zama:nı

hayat "life"   becomes ----> haya:tı

cevap "answer" becomes ---> ceva:bı

iman "faith"   becomes  ----> ima:nı

itibar "reputation,regard" becomes ---> itiba:rı

ilan " ad,announcement" becomes ----> ila:nı