This Turkish virtual keyboard mirrors the QWERTY layout of a physical Turkish keyboard. Its 48 character keys reach the 36 letters of the Latin script (U+0041–U+005A, U+0061–U+007A, U+00C0–U+024F) straight from the browser, with no software to install and no system setting to change.
The layout reaches 16 characters that an ordinary Latin keyboard does not carry: i̇ £ ¨ ´ ½ ß æ ç é ö ü ğ ı ş € ₺.
19 further characters come from the AltGr key (Alt on mobile): £ # $ ½ { [ ] } \ | @ € ₺ ¨ ~ æ ß ´ `.
Script
Latin
Layout
QWERTY
Reading direction
Left to right
Character keys
48
Letters available
36
Non-ASCII characters
16
Unicode range
U+0041–U+005A, U+0061–U+007A, U+00C0–U+024F
Third layer (AltGr)
Yes
Transliteration
No
How to type in Turkish
Click the on-screen keys or type on your physical keyboard — both write into the same text area.
Shift shows the second layer of every key: capitals and the characters printed at the top right.
AltGr (Alt on mobile) shows the third layer, the characters printed at the bottom right.
The Copy button puts the whole text on the clipboard, ready to paste into an email, a document or a form.
The Google, YouTube and ChatGPT buttons run a search with the text you typed, without retyping it.
Key reference table
Each row is one physical key: the base character, the one produced with Shift, then the one produced with AltGr.
Key
With Shift
With AltGr
"
é
<
1
!
>
2
'
£
3
^
#
4
+
$
5
%
½
6
&
—
7
/
{
8
(
[
9
)
]
0
=
}
*
?
\
-
_
|
q
Q
@
w
W
—
e
E
€
r
R
—
t
T
₺
y
Y
—
u
U
—
ı
I
i
o
O
—
p
P
—
ğ
Ğ
¨
ü
Ü
~
a
A
æ
s
S
ß
d
D
—
f
F
—
g
G
—
h
H
—
j
J
—
k
K
—
l
L
—
ş
Ş
´
i
İ
—
,
;
`
<
>
|
z
Z
—
x
X
—
c
C
—
v
V
—
b
B
—
n
N
—
m
M
—
ö
Ö
—
ç
Ç
—
.
:
—
The characters on this layout
The 16 characters this layout can produce:
i̇
£
¨
´
½
ß
æ
ç
é
ö
ü
ğ
ı
ş
€
₺
Other keyboards in the Latin script
These keyboards are written in the same script and share much of their character set.
The same language is not typed on the same keyboard everywhere. Pick yours in the “Layout” list under the keyboard: the keys, the Shift and AltGr characters and the dead keys change with it, and with “Type with my physical keyboard” on, your own keyboard follows the layout you chose.
Türkçe Q
The Turkish Q layout, by far the most common in Turkey: it keeps the QWERTY letters and adds ğ, ü, ş, ö and ç. Mind the two i: dotless ı is on the I key, and dotted i next to Enter. Use this layout
Türkçe F
The Turkish F layout, designed in 1955 from the frequency of letters in Turkish and adopted as the national standard: the most common letters (u i e a) sit on the home row. Faster for Turkish, it is the choice of speed-typing champions and of much of the public administration. Use this layout
Typing ı, i, ğ, ş, ö, ü and ç from a US keyboard
With "Type with my physical keyboard" on, your keys are read by position, as if Turkish Q keycaps were fitted. The letters a–z stay where they are. What moves:
Your I key types dotless ı, and Shift+I gives I. The dotted i is on your ' key (right of ş), and Shift+' gives İ.
ğ is on [, ü on ], ş on ;, ö on , and ç on .. Shift gives the capitals.
The period is on your / key, with : on Shift. The comma is on the key that holds \ on a US keyboard, with ; on Shift. On ISO keyboards that is the key next to Enter.
" is top left, and Shift gives é. The key right of 0 types * (Shift ?), and the next one types - (Shift _).
<** and **> sit on the extra key left of Z. US keyboards lack that key, but AltGr with the top-left key and AltGr+1 also give < and >.
@ isn't on Shift+2. As on a real Turkish Q keyboard, it is on AltGr+Q (Ctrl+Alt on Windows, Option on a Mac). The AltGr layer also holds € (AltGr+E), the lira sign ₺ (AltGr+T), # (AltGr+3), $ (AltGr+4) and £ (AltGr+2). The brackets { [ ] } are on AltGr+7 to AltGr+0, and \ and | are AltGr with the two keys right of 0.
The i/İ and ı/I case rule, and where software gets it wrong
Turkish pairs the letters by their dot: i ↔ İ and ı ↔ I. On this page Caps Lock follows that rule, so Caps Lock and the i key give İ.
Many programs don't. If you change case in an app set to English, "istanbul" becomes ISTANBUL instead of İSTANBUL. Going the other way, "IŞIK" can become "işik". Lowercasing İ with non-Turkish rules can also give i plus a combining dot (i̇), which looks right on screen but breaks search and sorting. Before you change the case of Turkish text, set the document language to Turkish. Developers should use a Turkish locale (tr-TR) for case conversion.
Dropping the dots isn't harmless. Kır means countryside and kir means dirt. Sınır is a border and sinir is a nerve. Text without Turkish letters is readable, but ambiguous.
Turkish Q vs Turkish F, and installing the layout
This page uses Turkish Q, the QWERTY-based layout found on most keyboards sold in Turkey. Turkish F is a separate layout built around Turkish letter frequency. The letter positions are almost completely different, so install the one printed on your keys.
Windows 11: Settings → Time & language → Language & region → Add a language → Turkish. Then open its Language options and keep "Turkish Q" (remove "Turkish F" if it was added). Win+Space switches layouts.
macOS: System Settings → Keyboard → Text Input → Edit → + → Turkish, and pick the Q variant.
Android (Gboard) and iPhone (Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard): add Turkish. ı, ğ, ş, ö, ü and ç then have their own keys.
How do I type Turkish special characters (ğ, ı, ö, ü, ş, ç)?
Turkish has six special letters not found in English. They have dedicated keys on the Turkish keyboard: ğ, ı (dotless i), ö, ü, ş, and ç.
What is the dotless i (ı) in Turkish?
Turkish distinguishes between i (with dot) and ı (without dot). They're separate letters with different pronunciations and uppercase forms (İ and I).
How do I type the soft g (ğ)?
The ğ (yumuşak g / soft g) lengthens the preceding vowel and has its own key on Turkish keyboards. It's never pronounced as a hard 'g'.
What is the Turkish F-keyboard vs Q-keyboard?
Turkey has two layouts: Q-keyboard (QWERTY-based, more common) and F-keyboard (optimized for Turkish, used by touch typists). Both include all Turkish letters.
How do I type the şedilla (ş) and çedilla (ç)?
Both ş and ç have dedicated keys on Turkish keyboards. The ş represents 'sh' sound and ç represents 'ch' sound.
How do I type uppercase İ (i with dot)?
In Turkish, lowercase i becomes uppercase İ (with dot). Use Shift+i or Caps Lock. This is different from English where i becomes I (without dot).
Can I use this keyboard for typing in Azerbaijani?
Not really: Azerbaijani shares ö, ü, ğ, ş, ç and ı with Turkish, but it also needs ə, which the Turkish keyboard lacks. Use the site's Azerbaijani keyboard instead; it has all the Azerbaijani letters.
How do I type the Euro symbol €?
Press AltGr + E to type the Euro symbol on Turkish keyboards.
What's the difference between o, ö, and u, ü?
These are different vowels: o (like 'or'), ö (like German ö), u (like 'oo'), ü (like German ü). Turkish has vowel harmony rules using these sounds.
How do I type Turkish quotation marks?
Turkish uses both "..." and '...' for quotations. Some formal texts use guillemets «...» or „... (German-style). Standard quotation marks are most common.
