Turkish Numbers: How to Count from 1 to 1000+ in Turkish

Paying the bill in Turkey? Giving your phone number to your Turkish friend? Or asking what time it is to a local? You’ll need Turkish numbers for all these tasks.

Let’s start from the beginning: 1 to 10: bir, iki, üç, dört, beş, altı, yedi, sekiz, dokuz, on. These will be the most important numbers you’ll learn. Once you’re confident with them, study 10 to 20, and then the multiples of 10 until 100.

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Table of contentsThe Basics: Turkish Numbers 1-10Moving Forward: Turkish Numbers 11-19Counting by Tens: Turkish Numbers 20-90The Big Ones: 100, 1000, and Beyond in TurkishTurkish Numerals: How to Say “First,” “Second,” “Third” in TurkishUsing Turkish Numbers in Real Life: 5 Contexts You’ll Use Turkish NumbersTelling TimeShopping and PricesGiving Your Phone NumberAge and BirthdaysMeasurements and QuantitiesFAQsHow do you count to 10 in Turkish?How are numbers written in Turkey?What are the numbers to 20 in Turkish?Fluent in Turkish Numbers!

Before we move on to detail each number, here’s how you pronounce the key Turkish numbers from 1 to 100:

Number How it’s written in Turkish Pronunciation in Turkish 1 Bir 2 İki 3 Üç 4 Dört 5 Beş 6 Altı 7 Yedi 8 Sekiz 9 Dokuz 10 On 11 On bir 12 On iki 13 On üç 14 On dört 15 On beş 16 On altı 17 On yedi 18 On sekiz 19 On dokuz 20 Yirmi 30 Otuz 40 Kırk 50 Elli 60 Altmış 70 Yetmiş 80 Seksen 90 Doksan 100 Yüz 1000 Bin [image error] The Basics: Turkish Numbers 1-10

Learning how to count from 1 to 10 in Turkish will be the most important part of your learning. These numbers are the building blocks for all the rest — for example, to say 23, yirmi üç, you’ll need to learn how to say 3 üç first.

The Turkish numbers from 1 to 10 are:

birikiüçdörtbeşaltıyedisekizdokuzonMoving Forward: Turkish Numbers 11-19

Once you’ve mastered 1-10, it’s time to tackle 11-19. In Turkish, these numbers follow a logical pattern — just combine on (“ten”) with the corresponding single digit. So “eleven” in Turkish would be on bir, a combination of on (“ten”) and bir (“one”).

on bir (“eleven,” literally “ten one”)on iki (“twelve,” “ten two.” This pattern continues for all the other numbers until 19)on üçon dörton beşon altıon yedion sekizon dokuzCounting by Tens: Turkish Numbers 20-90

Once you know individual numbers for 20, 30, 40, and so on, you can construct any number between 20 and 99 with ease. For example, 20 in Turkish is yirmi. Memorizing yirmi means you know 21 as well, as you simply add bir (“one”) to the end, to make up yirmi bir, “twenty one.”

The numbers you should know between 20 and 90 are:

yirmiotuzkırkellialtmışyetmişseksendoksan

Then, to form numbers between these multiples of ten, you combine the multiple of ten with the single digit. For example:

22 is yirmi iki
37 is otuz yedi
45 is kırk beş
51 is elli bir

The Big Ones: 100, 1000, and Beyond in Turkish

“One hundred” in Turkish is yüz. How do you say two hundred? This time, you add iki (“two”) before yüz. So here are the numbers 100 to 900:

yüziki yüzüç yüzdört yüzbeş yüzaltı yüzyedi yüzsekiz yüzdokuz yüz

Then you can form the numbers in between. Here are some examples:

iki yüz otuz beşüç yüz yirmidört yüz doksan dörtbeş yüz doksan üçaltı yüz on sekizdokuz yüz doksan dokuz

After 999, the most important number is “one thousand,” bin. 2000, 3000, 4000, and the rest all follow the same logic as the hundreds: you add the number before bin.

biniki binüç binTurkish Numerals: How to Say “First,” “Second,” “Third” in Turkish

You’ll hear ordinal numbers often in Turkish — they indicate order or sequence, similar to their English counterparts (first, second, third, etc.). To form ordinal numbers in Turkish, we generally add the suffix -ıncı, -inci, -uncu, -üncü to the number, with the exact form depending on vowel harmony rules. Don’t worry if this sounds complicated right now — it gets easier with time.

Here is how you say first to tenth in Turkish:

birinci (“first”)
ikinci (“second”)
üçüncü (“third”)
dördüncü (“fourth”)
beşinci (“fifth”)
altıncı (“sixth”)
yedinci (“seventh”)
sekizinci (“eighth”)
dokuzuncu (“ninth”)
onuncu (“tenth”)

Using Turkish Numbers in Real Life: 5 Contexts You’ll Use Turkish Numbers

Now it’s time to put knowledge into practice! Let’s take a look at some real-life situations where you’re likely to use numbers:

Telling Time

In formal Turkish, you’ll hear the time expressed using the 24-hour clock system:

3:15 – Üç on beş (literally “three fifteen”)14:30 – On dört otuz (“fourteen thirty”)22:45 – Yirmi iki kırk beş (“twenty-two forty-five”)

As for informal situations, you will often hear the words buçuk (“half”) and çeyrek (“quarter”) alongside the number. Here is how you would tell the time on a daily basis:

6:30 – Altı buçuk (“six and a half”)7:45 – Sekize çeyrek var (“quarter to eight”)10:45 – Onu çeyrek geçe (“quarter past ten”)Shopping and Prices

The Turkish currency is the lira (TL). Here’s how prices are typically expressed:

5 TL – Beş lira12.50 TL – On iki lira elli kuruş or on iki buçuk lira99.99 TL – Doksan dokuz lira doksan dokuz kuruş

Note: kuruş is the equivalent of cents.

Another useful phrase for this section — “how much does it cost” in Turkish is fiyat ne kadar?

Giving Your Phone Number

Turkish phone numbers typically have 10 digits. You’ll usually say them in groups:

0532 123 45 67 – Sıfır beş yüz otuz iki – yüz yirmi üç – kırk beş – altmış yedi “zero five hundred and thirty two, hundred and twenty three, forty five, sixty seven”Age and Birthdays

To tell your age in Turkish, use the number followed by “yaşındayım:”

Yirmi yedi yaşındayım: “I’m 27 years old.”Annem elli iki yaşında: “My mother is 52 years old.”Otuz yaşındasın: “You’re thirty years old.”Measurements and Quantities

Another place where you’ll hear the numbers is when you’re shopping by the kilo, gram, or meter. Here are some examples of numbers used with units of measurement:

İki kilo: “2 kilos”500 grams: “Beş yüz gram”1.5 meters: “Bir buçuk metre”FAQsHow do you count to 10 in Turkish?

Counting from 1 to 10 in Turkish is as follows:

Bir
İki
Üç
Dört
Beş
Altı
Yedi
Sekiz
Dokuz
On

How are numbers written in Turkey?

Numbers in Turkey are written using the Arabic numeral system, which is the same system used in most Western countries — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

When writing large numbers, Turkish uses a period (.) as the thousands separator and a comma (,) as the decimal separator. For instance, 1.000.000,50 (one million and fifty cents). This is the opposite of the system used in English-speaking countries.

What are the numbers to 20 in Turkish?

Here are the numbers from 1 to 20 in Turkish:

Bir
İki
Üç
Dört
Beş
Altı
Yedi
Sekiz
Dokuz
On
On bir
On iki
On üç
On dört
On beş
On altı
On yedi
On sekiz
On dokuz
Yirmi

Fluent in Turkish Numbers!

Start by learning the Turkish numbers from 1 to 10, and then make your way up to 1000. Having a strong foundation will help you master all these numbers. Make sure to support your learning with other Turkish resources, including podcasts, apps, dictionaries, and books.

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