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I often make stories up to go with Turkish words so that they stick in my head.
I have just invented one for you so you will remember the difference between quite and quiet. Here it is:
The colour cream is not quite white. (so quite rhymes with white)
Hope it helps.
sometimes people make up mnemonics eg.
Quiet Unicorn Is Eating Toast = QUIET
The above are for differentiating spellings.
When learning vocabulary I tend to play around with the words and make a mental link.
Examples: (note these are very personal ´stories´ and everyone needs to make their own up and probably use their mother tongue to do it)
vermek - to give ( I always remember this because someone who gives is a giver and ´ver´ is at the beginning of ´vermek´.
kedi - cat (there is a brand of catfood where I live called ´Kit-e-Kat´, so I think KediCat and it helped me to remember, when I was first learning)
baş - head (I made the phrase "A bash on the head is bad for the brain."
mum - candle (I remember a Turkish friend telling me the meaning of ´mum´ in Turkish when I referred to my mother as ´mum´. Mothers show their children the ways of living, just as a candle shows the way in darkness)
Of course experiencing the language first hand is invaluable. There are many words and phrases that I remember simply because I remember the context in which I learned them, whilst in Turkey.
kim - who (my name is kim  )
These are just a few examples
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