Welcome!

January 1, 2007 //

Here’s the all new and improved Talking Turkish Names, the database that brings you the meanings and audio pronunciations of more than 1,000 Turkish proper names. You have quite a few options!

  • Browse all names.
  • View the names of members of the Turkish government.
  • Direct shortcuts. For example, try this for Mehmet: www.talkingturkishnames.com/mehmet
  • Search for your name using the box on the right.

    • Over time, the navigation menu will contain useful shortcuts.

    TTN is now working on two important projects: Top 100 Turkish Names and Top 100 Turkish Places. Our research team is trying to approach the issue methodologically by scanning the international web media to get a grip on top citations. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

    Our medium-term goal is to have a resident editor to respond to fast breaking news so that Turkish names and places that are not in common use but start popping up in news bulletins can be immediately included in the database.

    We will be more than happy to include any name our readers may suggest. Readers may also send audio pronunciations with their own voice to add a little bit more dynamism to their record.

    That’s the general direction for TTN for the foreseeable future.

    If you are into Turkish please also check our partner sites Esek Arisi, a blog on pains of cultural miscommunication, and Dr Yagci’s Entertaining Medical Dictionary, a self-evident body of work. Both partner sites are in Turkish.

    What you’ll find below is my blog, partly related with the Talking Turkish Names project. If you are interested in Turkey, geopolitics, news media or computers, there may be something for you among the blog posts. 

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