Customer Reviews
Great for Beginners. - By: Lianne Carolan, 11 May 2007 
This CD is very goodin the beginning, for those who have just started learning Turkish & will help you learn all the basics, for example, hello, & how are you. However...I would really reccommend buying this CD without the paper back book that comes with it, as it can sometimes be hard how to know how to say a word without the spelling. After this, i would reccommend buying the PDQ linguaphone course.
The best Turkish course on the market - By: Gerard Lynch, 14 Mar 2006 
I've been learning Turkish for six years now, & am reasonably fluent. In that time I've encountered many language courses & Teach Yourself Turkish is the best I've come across. It's also one of the bestin the Teach Yourself series.
It provides a good groundingin the basic structure of the language & key vocabin the first 8 chapters. It explains things clearly without getting lostin complex grammatical terms. With a bit of determination you could probably get through this sectionin 6-8 weeks by yourselfin a little spare time. Combine this with a few stock tourist phrases from a guidebook & Turkey is your oyster.
Where it does lose it's way a little bit isin the second half of the course, where it tries to cover a little too much material for the space it has. Because of this the explanation can get muddier, & the subject matter is presented a little bit too densely for easy self study.
While my Turkish is now well beyond the level of this course, it was an important partin helping me get to this level.
The best way to learn a fascinating language - By: realworlder, 05 Mar 2006 
I've tried several books to help me learn Turkish & this is the best. The authors strike just the right balance between grammatical explanations that help you understand what's really going on, & genuinely useful dialogues & vocabulary. They make the whole process great fun. I've been plugging away at this book for a few months now, am off to Turkey soon and, along with the Rough Guide dictionary/phrasebook which I will take with me, feel well prepared. Minor gripes: the glossary at the end includes far from all of the wordsin the texts, proofreading is a bit erratic, & the exercise answers at the back are hard to match up because they're listed under chapter numbers while the exercises themselves only have the chapter names at the top of the page. But don't let that put you off - this book is great.
Brilliant introduction to Turkish - By: , 25 Jul 2002 Being a lover of all things Turkish i felt it was time to stop expecting the Turk's to talk to me 24/7in English so i bought Teach Yourself Turkish, the cassete & book pack.
The book alone can teach you enough to get by but with the tape accompanying it, it makes the whole process easier & even more fun!
The authors give good pointers on how to go about this 'Teach Yourself' course & beleieve me its working!
So if i can do then so can you!
Definatly recommend using this as your first & possibly only means of beginner Turkish.
reasonable beginners book with a few errors - By: , 24 Jan 2001 Not very well laid out for the eye. Moves along quite quickly. Covers most of the essentials, but the exercises do not seem all that well thought out & some don't really test what you've learned. Emphasis very much Turkish to English & not the other way around
