Capital letters in Turkish

The usage of the capital letters in Turkish is generally the same as in English.

How to use capital letters

Capital letters should be used in the following cases:

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1. Beginning of a sentence

Every sentence starts with a capital letter.

Examples:

• Eve gidiyorum. (I am going home.)
• Sen neredesin? (Where are you?)

2. Proper nouns

All proper nouns begin with capital letters. (Human, language, planet, region, instituation names...)

Examples:

• Ebru İtalyanca öğrenmek istiyor. (Ebru wants to learn Italian.)
• Bugün Ege bölgesi yağışlı. (The Ege region is rainy today.)
• Arkadaşım İstanbul Üniversitesi mezunu. (My friend graduated from İstanbul University.)

3. Certain dates

The names of the months and days of the week are not capitalized except when they indicate a specific date.

Examples:

• Düğün cumartesi günü. (The wedding is on Saturday.)
• Düğün eylülde. (The wedding is in September.)
• Düğün 25 Eylül Cumartesi günü. (The wedding is on Saturday, 25th September)

4. Family relations

The words that indicate family relations don't start with capital letters.

Examples:

• Selin teyze (Aunt Selin)
• Ahmet amca (Uncle Ahmet)
• Ali dede (Grandfather Ali)

5. Conjunctions in the titles

In the titles of books, newspapers, films, magazines etc., the following words are not start with capital letters: 've (and), with (ile), veya (or), mi, ki.

Examples:

• Suç ve Ceza (Crime and Punishment)
• Savaş ve Barış (War and Peace)

6. Sentence after a colon or triple dot

If the sentences end with the colons(:) or triple dot(...), the following sentence starts with a capital letter.

Example dialogue:

• Durdu ve şöyle dedi: Toplantıya katılmayacağım.
• He stopped and said: I won't join the meeting.

7. Indication of an address

 In letters and official correspondences, addresses begin with the capital letters.

Examples:

• Değerli Dinleyiciler (Respectable listeners)
• Sevgili Arkadaşım (My dear friend)