Turkish Character Converter
Turn Turkish letters (ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş, ü) into their Latin equivalents, or repair broken characters such as “ü” and “ÅŸ”.
This tool runs entirely in your browser. What you enter is not sent to a server, not saved and not stored in cookies.
Turkish letters sometimes cause trouble: they use up SMS characters, turn into question marks in old systems, or become unreadable as “ü” and “ÅŸ” after a wrong encoding. This tool does two jobs: it turns Turkish letters into their Latin equivalents, or it repairs broken characters.
How to use it
- Paste your text into the left box.
- Choose the first option to simplify, or the second to repair broken text.
- Lower-case the result too if you like.
- Copy the result.
Frequently asked questions
Why do Turkish letters look like “ü”?
When UTF-8 text is read as Latin-1 or Windows-1252, each Turkish letter becomes two odd characters: ü → ü, ş → ÅŸ, ı → ı. Repair mode reverses this.
Why are Turkish letters a problem in SMS?
An SMS with Turkish letters is sent in a different encoding, and the characters that fit in one message drop from about 160 to 70. Simplifying helps in SMS campaigns.
Should URLs contain Turkish letters?
They can, but they get encoded (like %C3%BC) and longer when shared. Most CMSs simplify letters for slugs anyway; this tool helps when you need to do it by hand.
Which letters are converted?
ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş, ü and their capitals, plus circumflexed letters such as â, î, û.
When do you need this?
- Simplify: for systems that cannot handle Turkish letters, such as some SMS gateways, file names, old databases, email subjects or user names. ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş, ü become c, g, i, o, s, u (and their capitals).
- Repair: when Turkish text arrives as “Güzel”, “aÄŸaç” or “ü” after a wrong encoding, usually a UTF-8 text read as Latin-1 or Windows-1252. The tool turns these back into the right letters.
For web addresses, prefer the slug form of your CMS; for SEO, keep Turkish letters in the text itself. Search engines read them correctly.