** Start learning Turkish in Istanbul**

Turkish is a member of the Turkic branch of the Altaic family of languages.  Nearly 150 million people spanning from Western China to Eastern Romania speak the Turkic languages. Modern Ottoman Turkish spoken by nearly 70 million people is the official language of Turkey. It has heavy borrowings from Persian and Arabic languages, as well as some European influences. However, in recent history Turkish has been purging from itself the Arabic and Persian words, replacing them with truer Turkish words, or with western counterparts. 

In 1928, the Turkish government replaced the Turkish Arabic alphabet with a Turkish Latin alphabet. This action has helped aligned and continues to push Turkey towards the west. With such a rich language, culture, and people (over 150 million people speaking some form of it), Turkish certainly is an important language to learn.

** Teachers**

The lessons are given by  two instructors ( Literature Teachers ) Mrs. Serpil and Mrs. Cansu. These two teachers have been teaching turkish for several years in schools for local students. Mrs. Serpil graduated from MARMARA University and Mrs. Cansu is graduated from  SAMSUN University.

** Private and Group Lessons**

The courses include basic grammatical rules, commonly used words and phrases in daily life for both speaking and writing Turkish.  Lessons can be individual ( one student , two teachers )  or in a group according to your requests.

** Course Programme**
                    

The Course programme and schedule is organised by the student's ambition and the teacher's programme.   For a complete learning the student must study at least 12 months but for basic 3 months can be enough. Actually it depends on the student.                                                                                              ** Course Location ** The Turkish courses will be in Sisli area in a private course but for the appointment and first meeting you can visit our Art Gallery in Sultanahmet.                                         ** Benefits Of Learning Turkish in Turkiye** - Faster foreign language learning - Meeting lots of interesting  people - Building your resume by having an international experience  - Learning Turkish culture

**Students**

One of our best friends and hard working  Students from Holland. Frank and Marieke .. 09 july 2004 Plese Click to see  their thoughts, opinions about Turkish Language

* Begining  

For some useful words and its pronunciations please CLICK..

For detailed information you can call our gallery or send us e-mail. 

Contact Person : Mr. Alp & Mr. Basar

Adress  :Les Arts Turcs                                       Tel : + 90 (535) 342 11 35
               Incili Çavus Sok. No: 37 Kat:3                               (532) 622 72 04           
               Alemdar Mah.                                        
               Sultanahmet 34400
               Istanbul, Turkey