Editing Turkish language (section)

=== Exceptions to word-accent rules ===
# '''Place-names''' are not oxytone:<ref name="mundy"/> ''{{lang|tr|Anádolu}}'' (Anatolia), ''{{lang|tr|İstánbul}}''. Most place names are accented on their first syllable as in ''{{lang|tr|Páris}}.'' This holds true when place names are spelled the same way as common nouns, which are oxytone: ''{{lang|tr|mısír}}'' (maize), ''{{lang|tr|Mísır}}'' (Egypt), ''{{lang|tr|sirkecı̇́}}'' (vinegar-seller), ''{{lang|tr|Sı̇́rkeci}}'' (district in Istanbul), ''{{lang|tr|bebék}}'' (doll, baby), ''{{lang|tr|Bébek}}'' (district in Istanbul), ''{{lang|tr|ordú}}'' (army), ''{{lang|tr|Órdu}}'' (a Turkish city on the Black Sea).
#'''Foreign nouns''' usually retain their original accentuation,<ref name="mundy"/> e.g., ''{{lang|tr|lokánta}}'' (< Italian {{lang|it|locanda}} "restaurant"), ''{{lang|tr|gazéte}}'' (< Italian {{lang|it|gazzetta}} "newspaper")
# Some words about '''family members'''<ref name="deny"/> and '''living creatures'''<ref name="deny"/> have irregular accentuation: ''{{lang|tr|ánne}}'' (mother), ''{{lang|tr|görúmce}}'' (husband's sister), ''{{lang|tr|çekı̇́rge}}'' (grasshopper), ''{{lang|tr|karínca}}'' (ant), ''{{lang|tr|kokárca}}'' (skunk)
#'''Adverbs'''<ref name="deny"/> are usually accented on the first syllable, e.g., ''{{lang|tr|şı̇́mdi}}'' (now), ''{{lang|tr|sónra}}'' (after), ''{{lang|tr|ánsızın}}'' (suddenly), ''{{lang|tr|gérçekten}}'' (really), (but ''{{lang|tr|gerçektén}}'' (from reality)), ''{{lang|tr|kíşın}}'' (during winter)
#'''Compound words'''<ref name="gabain"/> are accented on the end of the first element, e.g., ''{{lang|tr|çırílçıplak}}'' (stark naked), ''{{lang|tr|bakán}}'' (minister), ''{{lang|tr|báşbakan}}'' (prime minister)
# '''Diminutives''' constructed by suffix –cik are accented on the first syllable, e.g., ''{{lang|tr|úfacık}}'' (very tiny)
# Words with '''enclitic suffixes''', ''–le'' (meaning "with"), ''–ken'' (meaning "while"), ''–ce'' (creating an adverb), ''–leyin'' (meaning "in" or "during"), ''–me'' (negating the verbal stem), ''–yor'' (denoting the present tense)

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
! scope="col" | Enclitic suffix
! scope="col" | Turkish example
! scope="col" | Meaning in English
|-
| ''–le''
| ''{{lang|tr|memnuniyétle}}'' || with pleasure
|-
| ''–ken'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|yazárken}}'' || while writing
|-
| ''–ce'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|hayvánca}}'' || bestially
|-
| ''–leyin'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|gecéleyin}}'' || by night
|-
| ''–me'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|anlámadı}}'' || he/she/it did not understand
|-
| ''–yor'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|gelı̇́yor}}'' || he/she/it is coming
|-
|}

* '''Enclitic words''', which shift the accentuation to the previous syllable, e.g., ''ol-'' (meaning to be), ''mi'' (denoting a question), ''gibi'' (meaning similar to), ''için'' (for), ''ki'' (that), ''de'' (too)

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
! scope="col" | Enclitic suffix
! scope="col" | Turkish example
! scope="col" | Meaning in English
|-
| ''ol-'' as a separate word
| ''{{lang|tr|arkadaşím idi}}'' || he/she was my friend
|-
| ''ol-'' as a suffix
| ''{{lang|tr|arkadaşímdı}}'' || he/she was my friend
|-
| ''mi''
| ''{{lang|tr|anlamadí mı}}'' || did he/she not understand?
|-
| ''gibi''
| ''{{lang|tr|sizı̇́n gibi}}'' || like you
|-
| ''için'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|benı̇́m için}}'' || for me
|-
| ''ki'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|diyorlár ki ólmıyacak}}'' || they are saying that it won't happen
|-
| ''de'' 
| ''{{lang|tr|biz de}}'' || us too
|-
|}