Turkish numbers are incredibly logical. Once you memorize the basic digits (0–9) and the tens (10, 20, 30...), you can form any number by simply placing them in order from left to right. What makes it even easier is that Turkish is a phonetic language—you pronounce exactly what you see written.
Basic Numbers and Tens
Number | Turkish | Number | Turkish |
0 | Sıfır | 10 | On |
1 | Bir | 20 | Yirmi |
2 | İki | 30 | Otuz |
3 | Üç | 40 | Kırk |
4 | Dört | 50 | Elli |
5 | Beş | 60 | Altmış |
6 | Altı | 70 | Yetmiş |
7 | Yedi | 80 | Seksen |
8 | Sekiz | 90 | Doksan |
9 | Dokuz | 100 | Yüz |
How to Read Complex Numbers?
In Turkish, you read numbers exactly as they appear from left to right. There are no special exceptions or irregular forms for numbers like "eleven" or "twelve"—it's just "ten one" (On bir) and "ten two" (On iki).
79: (Seventy-nine) → Yetmiş dokuz
151: (One hundred fifty-one) → Yüz elli bir
2401: (Two thousand four hundred one) → İki bin dört yüz bir
59,380: (Fifty-nine thousand three hundred eighty) → Elli dokuz bin üç yüz seksen
Large Units
1,000 (Thousand): Bin
10,000 (Ten thousand): On bin
100,000 (Hundred thousand): Yüz bin
1,000,000 (Million): Milyon
1,000,000,000 (Billion): Milyar