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.Milet Pocket Turkish Dictionary: Turkish-English, English-Turkish (Milet Redhouse)
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by: Ali Bayram, Sevket Serdar Turet

April 22, 2002
Turkish is completely phonetic so there's no need for a guide to pronunciation if you learn how to pronounce the THREE letters which do not resemble their English equivalents.

There are plenty of sites online to do this.
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.Farsi (Persian) (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)
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by: Yavar Dehghani

April 01, 2001
This phrasebook is a most useful book for anyone wanting to travel in Iran, or for any student of Persian (Farsi is the language's Persian name).

The scripts are done quite well. Each English phrase has two Persian equivalents, a colloquial Persian in Latin ('English') script and a formal written Persian in Arabic script. For example, "Do you speak English?" has the colloquial "[shomâ] ingilisi balad-in" in English script and the formal written "[shomâ] ingilisi balad-id" in Arabic script. The colloquial form is the one to learn, unless you want to write something. But the Iranian or Afghan you show the Persian phrase to will see the formal written language he or she expects to see. Just be aware that if you ask someone to read ... Read More:
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.201 Turkish Verbs (201 verbs series)
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by: Talat Sait Halman

May 26, 2000
The content of this small book is ideal for students and the keen tourist or new settler alike. It is neater and more compact than the 501 Verbs series. If you really need to know how to make the language "work" for you there is no better way to back up your lessons than with a verb table to learn from. I found the author's introduction helpful and enlightening as well. (Talat Sait Halman was Turkey's Ambassador for Cultural Affairs and former Minister of Culture and formerly of New York, Princetown and Columbia Universities).

So why only four stars? Well, in a word, presentation! In spite of it having a good cover and excellent paper quality, in line with all the other Barron's publications, the interior was in a truly awful reporter's ... Read More:
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.Turkish Phrasebook CD Pack (Collins GEM)
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from: Collins

March 05, 2007
The content of this small book is ideal for students and the keen tourist or new settler alike. It is neater and more compact than the 501 Verbs series. If you really need to know how to make the language "work" for you there is no better way to back up your lessons than with a verb table to learn from. I found the author's introduction helpful and enlightening as well. (Talat Sait Halman was Turkey's Ambassador for Cultural Affairs and former Minister of Culture and formerly of New York, Princetown and Columbia Universities).

So why only four stars? Well, in a word, presentation! In spite of it having a good cover and excellent paper quality, in line with all the other Barron's publications, the interior was in a truly awful reporter's ... Read More:
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.Talk Now! Learn Turkish: Essential Words and Phrases for Absolute Beginners
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March 05, 2007
This software is very good for a beginner who wishes to increase their vocabulary. There is not much on the language structure but there is a lot of vocabulary to learn, covering a very wide range of topics, through interactive listening & speaking and through different games.

I would recommend this software along with another method of learning - e.g. a book/audio course or lessons with a teacher.
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.Turkish (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)
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by: Arzu Kurklu

July 18, 2008
This software is very good for a beginner who wishes to increase their vocabulary. There is not much on the language structure but there is a lot of vocabulary to learn, covering a very wide range of topics, through interactive listening & speaking and through different games.

I would recommend this software along with another method of learning - e.g. a book/audio course or lessons with a teacher.
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.Turkish Phrasebook and Dictionary (Collins)
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from: Collins

April 07, 2008
This software is very good for a beginner who wishes to increase their vocabulary. There is not much on the language structure but there is a lot of vocabulary to learn, covering a very wide range of topics, through interactive listening & speaking and through different games.

I would recommend this software along with another method of learning - e.g. a book/audio course or lessons with a teacher.
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.Starting Turkish (Starting)
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by: Orhan Dogan

March 30, 2007
10 out of 10 for layout and looks but it really throws the learner into a state of confusion.
It doesn't start with explaining the basics like pronounciation or gradually building up your understanding of the language, I wouldnt reccommend this book/cd because its not a positive learning experience.... if it helps you learn anything at all!
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.The Strongest NIV Exhaustive Concordance (Strongest Strong's) (Strongest Strong's)
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by: Edward W. Goodrick, John R. Kohlenberger

August 01, 2004
This is possibly the best concordance ever produced in book form. Taking the principles of the well-loved Strong's, it is a complete concordance of the New International Version. The really brilliant part of it is that it also includes words found in the KJV for those who are familar with that version.

The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is because it is based on the American text of the NIV, but this is dealt with in an index of the words exclusively used in the Anglicised version including those which are simply spelling variations. The numbering system is revised, but closely linked to the original and again, an index is supplied so that users of other books using the original Strong's system are not hindered by the changes.

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.Linguaphone PDQ Turkish (includes 4 CDs)
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from: Linguaphone

2001-12
This is a reasonably good course for a beginner to the Turkish Language. Although, as others have said it seems unsure who it is aimed at. I would have preferred vocabulary that was more orientated to Tourist situations. The course covered some of these, but also lapsed into business language with a man visiting a Business Conference and trying to explain what type of house he had in England and whether it had a garage and a garden. Don't be put off by this because it does teach you the basics very well (it only gets more complicated into CD 3 & 4).

I loaded the tracks onto my mp3 player and listened to them every day for about 6 months before our family holiday to Turkey. I also played the CDs in the car. My wife is not usually good at ... Read More:
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