Table of Contents

• 1.: Turkey and Turkish
• : Introduction
• : Introduction to the Turkish language
• 2.: Hello. My name is ...
• 3.: What do you do?
• : The alphabet and pronunciation
• : Pronunciation - survival guide
• 4.: This is our house.
• 5.: I am hungry. Are you coming for lunch?
• 01: Is there any bread?
• 02: Are you English?
• 6.: I want to pay the water bill, please.
• 7.: What do you usually do in the evenings?
• 03: No more, please!
• 04: You're joking!
• 8.: He knows this area well.
• 9.: Did you see the movie last night on TV?
• 05: Have you been waiting long?
• 06: I'll get up early tomorrow morning
• 10.: Excuse me! I did not ask for orange juice.
• 11.: What are you going to do at the weekend?
• 07: Would you help me?
• 08: Where shall we go? What can we do?
• 12.: Are you going anywhere nice this evening?
• 13.: Can we bring our dog, too?
• 09: What do you like doing?
• 10: If it doesn't get better, I'll give you some medicine
• 14.: Who shall we ask? Will you lead the way?
• 15.: This is a very nice hotel.
• 11: You said it was a very quiet place!
• 12: The number you have dialled is incorrect
• 16.: There is a leak in my bathroom.
• 17.: Have you heard the news?
• 13: Could you tell me what happened?
• 14: Don't make me laugh!
• 18.: What time is the last bus to Izmir?
• 19.: Hope you get well soon.
• 15: When was this place built?
• 16: If I had known about the prices, we wouldn't have eaten there
• 20.: You must stay longer next time
• : Key to the exercises
• : Appendix
• : Turkish-English glossary
• : English-Turkish glossary
• : Index to grammar points

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About the Author

Asuman elen Pollard was born in Turkey where she spent many years teaching both English and Turkish as a foreign language. She now teaches Turkish at the University of Birmingham and is the author of many Turkish self-study books.After teaching English as a Foreign Language in Switzerland, Bulgaria and Turkey, David Pollard became a computer analyst-programmer and spent a decade developing educational software. He now works in medical education.

Reviews

"The most intelligent and useful book that has come my way. It uses grammar - you have to - but is not dry, and it tells you things that you need to know from a foreign-language book in the first half-dozen lessons. It was a breath of fresh air." - Professor Norman Stone, author and historian