Turkish
Script: Latin
Name: Turkish (Türkçe)
Style: Modified Latin alphabet with consistent phonetic spelling
Unique letters (not used in basic English): Ç ç, Ğ ğ, İ i, I ı, Ö ö, Ş ş, Ü ü
How to distinguish from nearby languages:
vs English: English does not use Ç, Ş, Ğ, or the dotted/dotless I pair (İ / ı). Turkish spelling is very regular compared to English.
vs German: German uses Ä, Ö, Ü, but does not have Ş, Ç, or the special dotted/dotless I system. German capitalization applies to all nouns, Turkish capitalizes only proper names.
Quick visual giveaway: Latin text with Ş, Ç, Ü, Ö and the unusual İ / ı contrast = Turkish.
Bollard
Shape: Thin rectangle
Color: White or yellow
Material: Plastic
Reflector: Rectangle red on one side only
Options: TCK text on bollards
Red-on-white chevron
Background: White
Arrows: Bold red
Additional details: Arrow head never touches the sign edge
Stop signs read “DUR”
Turkish octagonal signs display the native word “DUR” instead of using "STOP"
Snow poles coloured black-orange-black-white with tiny red reflectors
Winter posts follow a four-band colour order (top to bottom: black, orange, black, white) and include small red reflectors—a pattern not shared by Greece or Bulgaria.
Long white plates with EU-style blue strip
Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Vertical blue band on the left—identical to most of continental Europe
Pedestrian crossing
Color: White-and-yellow, white-and-red or fully yellow or fully white
Widespread greenhouse
Greenhouse with shade netting or insect screening on the sides, commonly used in agricultural regions of Turkey
- Antalya province (Mediterranean coast). Vegetable production
- Mersin and Adana. Cultivation areas
- İzmir and Muğla (Aegean region). Vegetable and flower production
- Kumluca. "Greenhouse capital" of Turkey
Intersection hazard: black background stuffed with many yellow upward arrows
At junctions you often meet a tall black panel densely packed with multiple yellow arrows pointing up or diagonal lines
Killometr sign
Shape: Rectangle
Color: White
Text: Black two numbers with - between them is painted at the top of the sign, followed by a black horizontal dividing line, and below it black numbers
Yellow danger pole attachment
Shape: Small rectangle card or paint
Color: Yellow
Text: Black with danger emblem
Chevron yellow-and-red
Background: Bright yellow
Arrows: Bold red
Additional details: Arrow head never touches the sign edge
Pedestrian crossing sign
Shape and color: Square blue background with the white triangle which placed closer to the bottom of the sign. Usually with the white border
Figure: Black rounded. 2 separate parts - head and the rest of the body
Zebra stripes: 5 thick zebra stripes
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