Istanbul Complete Set Turkish Language Course Books 5 Books for Beginner to Advanced Levels: A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 Paperback – January 1, 2023

Turkish isn't a very common language to learn in the U.S., and Turkish teachers are hard to find in many places. Thus, many previous reviewers hoped to teach themselves Turkish with these books. Some criticized this set because it's not useful for self study, due to the lack of English translation. However, these books are actually are very useful--and NEEDED--if you have a teacher, as I do. If you can't find a Turkish-language teacher, there's an app called "Preply" that connects you to affordable, rated foreign-language teachers whom you meet with virtually, online. My Preply-based teacher has great reviews, and she's wonderful! I'm making progress! But without these books or similar, she'd have to create her own teaching materials. So please don't give these books bad reviews just because you can't teach yourself Turkish with them-- that isn't their intended purpose! They're very helpful and needed when used in a class-- whether for private or group instruction. The price is also excellent on Amazon. Textbooks.com charges over $50 for just the A1 level books alone (including the workbook), while this set has all five levels of books with workbooks for $100.

Excelente producto

Nice learning books however if you do not speak anything in Turkish these books are not for you unless you are enrolled in some class as they are completely in the Turkish language, wish I had known that before I purchased them!!

While I have good books for studying Turkish (Like The Delights of Studying Turkish) I was looking for a systematic, step-by-step,language-class, approach. These texts cover levels from A1 to C1. So far, I have been able to cover the material in the A1 level without help from a teacher. Yes, I would recommend these books, complemented by the Pimsleur course and others (like the above mentioned TDoLT).

Great price for the new edition. Thank you

I don't know how anyone without prior language knowledge can learn from this at all... Everything is in Turkish! It seems more like it was designed for Turkish schoolchildren as opposed to foreign adults. How am I supposed to get started with a coursebook when 99% OF THE INSTRUCTIONS are in Turkish?! The only time English is used is to explain a concept that doesn't exist in English. Thanks for the English tidbit, BUT WHAT DOES EVERYTHING ELSE MEAN?! There are NO pages where anything is translated into English and I am guessing that you are supposed to have a teacher (?) or depend on using Google translate for everything (?). The picture I added is just an example of how there is a list of vocab to be learned in that Unit, yet no definitions of ANY of the words! (And trust me, I looked everywhere for definitions!) If I need to constantly be on the internet to even start to understand ANYTHING the unit is trying to explain, then I definitely do not need a $120+ "coursebook" that isn't explaining anything to me! Would definitely NOT recommend to anyone beginning to learn this language at home. If you are Turkish and you want coursebooks to teach your foreign-born children their mother tongue then these are for you.

perfect content and easy to use with out teacher

These books are useful and easy to understand. I’m glad I purchased them.