Turkey — how to identify

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.

Flat plastic rectangle (white or yellow)

• Red reflector on the front side only, sometimes with black lettering below.

Comparison with Australia:

• Size: The Turkish reflector is shorter than the Australian version.
• Placement: In Turkey, red reflectors are always on the front, placing them on the right side of the road to match right-hand driving. In Australia, they appear on the left because of left-hand driving.

Background: White

Arrows: Bold red

Additional details: Arrow head never touches the sign edge

Turkish octagonal signs display the native word “DUR” instead of using "STOP"

Winter posts follow a four-band colour order (top to bottom: black, orange, black, white) and include small red reflectors.

This pattern not shared by Greece or Bulgaria.

Type: Private

Shape: Long

Background: White

Text: Black

Additional details: Vertical blue band on the left—identical to most of continental Europe

Color: White-and-yellow, white-and-red or fully yellow or fully white

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

Shape: Small rectangle card or paint

Color: Yellow

Text: Black with danger emblem

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

At junctions you often meet a tall black panel densely packed with multiple yellow arrows pointing up or diagonal lines

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

Background: Bright yellow

Arrows: Bold red

Additional details: Arrow head never touches the sign edge