C and S with cedilla
Ç ç Ş ş
These are separate Turkish alphabet letters with established sounds.
TURKISH CHARACTER SET
Turkish letters to copy and paste
Copy Turkish Ç, Ğ, dotless I, dotted İ, Ö, Ş, and Ü. The paired I letters are shown explicitly so capitalization stays correct.
Click a character, then paste with Ctrl+V or ⌘V.
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QUICK REFERENCE
Find the right character
G with breve
Ğ ğ
The breve distinguishes soft G from plain G and affects the surrounding sounds.
Dotless I pair
I ı
Uppercase I pairs with lowercase dotless ı in Turkish.
Dotted I pair
İ i
Uppercase dotted İ pairs with lowercase i.
Two-dot vowels
Ö ö Ü ü
Ö and Ü are separate Turkish alphabet letters, not optional decorative forms.
KEYBOARD METHODS
How to type and insert these characters
Enable Turkish Q or Turkish F
Use Turkish Q if you want a layout close to QWERTY, or Turkish F if that is your established typing system. Switch layouts from the Windows language control.
Add a Turkish input source
Add Turkish Q or Turkish F in Keyboard settings. Open Keyboard Viewer to confirm the positions before typing names or passwords.
Add Turkish to the keyboard
A Turkish mobile keyboard provides the complete alphabet and language-aware suggestions. Long-press menus on a non-Turkish layout may omit dotless ı or capital İ.
Use Unicode when needed
Type the hexadecimal value and press Alt+X. Use 0131 for lowercase dotless ı, 0130 for uppercase dotted İ, 011F for ğ, and 015F for ş.
UNICODE REFERENCE
Character codes
| Character | Name | Group | Unicode | Windows Alt | HTML named | HTML decimal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ç | Capital C with cedilla | Cedilla | U+00C7 | Alt+0199 | Ç | Ç |
| ç | Lowercase c with cedilla | Cedilla | U+00E7 | Alt+0231 | ç | ç |
| Ğ | Capital G with breve | Breve | U+011E | Not standard | Ğ | Ğ |
| ğ | Lowercase g with breve | Breve | U+011F | Not standard | ğ | ğ |
| I | Capital dotless I | I pairs | U+0049 | Not standard | Not listed | I |
| ı | Lowercase dotless i | I pairs | U+0131 | Not standard | Not listed | ı |
| İ | Capital I with dot above | I pairs | U+0130 | Not standard | Not listed | İ |
| i | Lowercase dotted i | I pairs | U+0069 | Not standard | Not listed | i |
| Ö | Capital O with diaeresis | Two-dot vowels | U+00D6 | Alt+0214 | Ö | Ö |
| ö | Lowercase o with diaeresis | Two-dot vowels | U+00F6 | Alt+0246 | ö | ö |
| Ş | Capital S with cedilla | Cedilla | U+015E | Not standard | Ş | Ş |
| ş | Lowercase s with cedilla | Cedilla | U+015F | Not standard | ş | ş |
| Ü | Capital U with diaeresis | Two-dot vowels | U+00DC | Alt+0220 | Ü | Ü |
| ü | Lowercase u with diaeresis | Two-dot vowels | U+00FC | Alt+0252 | ü | ü |
For ordinary writing, copy and paste the character itself. Use an HTML entity only in HTML source. A listed Windows Alt code requires a numeric keypad and may depend on the active character set.
USAGE GUIDE
Which Turkish letters differ from English?
Turkish uses the 29-letter Latin-based Turkish alphabet. Its distinctive characters include ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş, and ü, each with an uppercase or lowercase partner.
The most important casing distinction is I/ı versus İ/i. English-style casing can produce the wrong character in a Turkish name or word, so copy the correct pair or use a Turkish-aware keyboard.
Turkish Ö and Ü share Unicode characters with two-dot letters in other languages, but their alphabet position and pronunciation are determined by Turkish.
Turkish has two different I pairs
Dotless lowercase ı uppercases to I. Dotted lowercase i uppercases to İ. A software operation that applies English casing rules can lose this distinction.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions about Turkish letters
What are the special letters in Turkish?
The distinctive set is Ç ç, Ğ ğ, I ı, İ i, Ö ö, Ş ş, and Ü ü.
What is the lowercase form of Turkish I?
The lowercase form of dotless capital I is ı. Lowercase i instead pairs with capital dotted İ.
Is ğ the same as g?
No. Ğ and ğ are separate Turkish alphabet characters called soft G. Preserve the breve in correct spelling.
Which Turkish keyboard should I use?
Turkish Q is closer to familiar QWERTY positions. Turkish F is an alternative optimized layout. Choose the one required by your environment or existing typing habits.
Are Turkish ö and ü umlauts?
They use the same Unicode two-dot characters seen in German, but in Turkish they are alphabet letters with Turkish-specific pronunciation and ordering.
Related character pages
References: Turkish Language Association alphabet, Unicode casing and character properties FAQ, Unicode character charts, Apple accent entry guidance, Microsoft character code guidance.