Follow Mark, an American college student in Turkey, as he tours the country with his Turkish friend.
- Equivalent to a one-year college course
- Story-based lessons with native-speaker video
- Transcriptions, translations & annotations
- Interactive exercises through Moodle
This course costs only $9.99/month (3 months minimum)
Watch video and learn about greetings, shopping, food, dining out, weather, education, literature, holiday traditions, and more. With our specially designed video player for language learning you can pause the video at any point and scroll the transcription. Read annotations about culture and grammar. Click on almost any word or sentence to hear it spoken, along with translations.
This course can be used either by independent learners or by students in a traditional or self-instructional classroom setting, and is the equivalent of the material covered in a one-year college course.
Classroom-Tested and Peer-Reviewed
“The Intermediate Turkish course is really fun and interesting. It’s a great value and a lot more in depth compared to most online / app resources! I hope advanced Turkish is published soon so I can take that too!” — Aimee Moller, 5 Star Review
Intermediate Turkish was developed and peer-reviewed by Turkish language experts, and was tested and used by college students as their textbook. It is equivalent to a one-year college course, and was originally published as part of the well-reviewed University of Arizona Critical Languages Series.Multiple Choice, Fill in the blank, and Listening Dictation exercises are provided for each lesson. A searchable audio glossary with thousands of words and translations helps you find every occurrence of a word or part of a word in all of the lessons.
This course costs only $9.99/month (3 months minimum)
Sample Video: Lesson 2, “Welcome to Turkey”
Sample Video: Knocking on Wood to Ward Off the “Evil Eye”
Table of Contents and Sample Lessons with Video
Try one of the sample lessons below with video, transcriptions, annotations, translations, and individual word and sentence audio recordings:
- Ben Kimim? (Who am I?)
- Türkiye’ye Hoş geldiniz! (Welcome to Turkey!)
- Türkiye’de Misafirperverlik (Hospitality in Turkey)
- Günaydın, İstanbul (Good Morning Istanbul)
- Boğaz Gezimiz (Our Bosphorus Trip)
- Hediye Alışverişinde (Gift Shopping)
- Pazarlık yapalım… (Let’s bargain)
- Edirne gezimiz (Our trip to Edirne)
- Yeşil Bursa (Green Bursa)
- Türk Mutfağını Tatmak (Tasting Turkish Cuisine)
- Bir varmış, bir yokmuş… (Once upon a time…)
- Asırlar önce Anadolu (Anatolia Centuries ago)
- Safranbolu’da yaşam (Life in Safranbolu)
- Görüşmek üzere… (See you…)
Extras
- Tongue Twisters
- Gestures
- Cultural Expressions
- Family Tree
Alphabet, Phonology, and Grammar (1-10 are review from Beginning Turkish)
- The Turkish Alphabet
- Phonology I
- Phonology II
- Nouns
- The verb “to be”
- Postpositions
- Pronouns
- Adjectives
- Particles
- Numbers, dates, prices, and more
- Verbs – Present Tenses
- Verbs – Past Tenses
- Verbs – Future Tense
- Verbs – Conditional Tense
- Verbs – Compound Verbs
- Adverbs
- Imperative, Optative, and Necessitative
- Reciprocal Constructions
What Our Students are Saying
“I love that in your lessons, I can click on each word individually for both pronunciation and meaning in English. I really need the pronunciation aspect in my language learning, and this is so helpful…”
About the Author
Jessica Tiregol received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies with a concentration in the areas of Turkish and Late-Ottoman studies from Princeton University. Her research examined the role of primary education in nation-state-building for the case of the early Turkish Republic. Her professional experience has been in the field of instructional technology, specifically web development, content and project management. She is currently working for the UCLA Library as the Head of Digital Initiatives & Information Technology Operations Services. She is also the author of our Advanced Turkish course.Other Turkish Resources
Course materials © 1995–2026 Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. Used under license.
Frequently asked questions
How much material does Intermediate Turkish cover?
Intermediate Turkish covers the equivalent of a full year of college-level Turkish instruction — roughly 120 hours of material — delivered as structured video lessons with full transcriptions and translations.
Do I need any prior experience to take Intermediate Turkish?
Some. Intermediate Turkish is designed for learners who already have a beginner's foundation in Turkish — about a year of study, or our Beginning Turkish course.
How are the lessons delivered?
The course is fully online and self-paced. You learn from native-speaker videos with on-screen transcriptions and translations, then practice with interactive exercises — on any device, on your own schedule.
How much does Intermediate Turkish cost?
Access is $9.99/month with a three-month minimum, and one subscription unlocks the entire course.
Who created Intermediate Turkish?
Intermediate Turkish was originally created by the University of Arizona Critical Languages Program as part of the Critical Languages Series. It was designed by Jessica Tiregol, PhD, published by Language Canvas, and used under license.