9) Yazım Kuralları - 2 | Aker KARTAL - 2027

Summary

Aker Kartal continues a lesson on Turkish spelling rules, presenting them through humorous classroom-style banter and examples. The lesson covers institution names and abbreviations, dates and special occasions, and capitalization in titles and compound expressions.

1. Institution and organization names, and abbreviations

• Suffixes added to the names of institutions and organizations are generally not separated with an apostrophe. Examples include the Turkish Language Association, the Social Security Institution, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, and universities.
• European Union is presented as an exception: a suffix added to it is separated with an apostrophe.
• For initialisms and abbreviations, the suffix is determined by how the abbreviation is pronounced—especially its final spoken sound—not simply by its final written character.
• For abbreviations written in lowercase:
  • A period is generally used before the suffix.
  • The suffix follows the pronunciation of the unabbreviated word.
• Units of weight and length are an exception: their suffix is separated with an apostrophe rather than a period. The suffix still follows the unit’s pronunciation.
• When an abbreviation includes a superscript exponent, the suffix is attached directly, without an intervening punctuation mark.

2. Capitalization of days, months, and holidays

• Words such as day and holiday are capitalized when they form part of the name of a specific commemorative day or holiday, such as Mother’s Day or Ramadan Bayram.
• Days of the week and month names are capitalized when they refer to a definite date. When no definite date is specified, they are written in lowercase.
• A month name used with a year is capitalized, as in March 2025.
• A word at the beginning of a line or sentence is capitalized because of its position, even if it would otherwise be lowercase.

3. Compounds, titles, and other capitalization rules

• For expressions of Arabic or Persian origin, the instructor distinguishes between a title of a work and an ordinary expression:
  • When the expression is part of a book, magazine, or other work’s title, retain the title’s established form and spacing.
  • When it is not part of a work title, the expression may be written as a single word, according to the spelling rule being taught.
• Names of historical periods and eras are capitalized, such as Tanzimat and the Middle Ages.
• The generic words newspaper and magazine are normally lowercase in publication names. The instructor lists several exceptions involving named publications, including the Official Gazette and Trade Registry Gazette.
• Conjunctions in titles, such as ve (“and”) or ile (“with”), are lowercase unless the entire title is written in capitals.
• Literature is lowercase when used generically, but capitalized when it forms part of the name of a literary period or movement.

The instructor reviews these rules as exam-relevant points and refers to previous TYT and KPSS questions. Some subtitle wording appears garbled, so the examples and phrasing above reflect the lesson’s intended points rather than every literal transcription.

Speakers and sources featured

• Aker Kartal — the instructor, who also performs the humorous student and character exchanges.
• ÖSYM exam questions — referenced as examples, including TYT and KPSS questions.
• Turkish Language Association (TDK) — cited in connection with the spelling rules.