If you’re a Turkish learner, there are two frequently asked questions that you will get from native Turkish people, and you had better prepare yourself to answer these questions every single day. Question number one is “nerelisin? (where are you from?),” and number two is “neden Türkçe öğreniyorsun? (why are you learning Turkish?).”
I don’t know about the second one since it can be personal, but I can help you with the first one. Once you learn country names in Turkish, you can proudly tell people about your hometown.
So in this article, you’ll learn more than a hundred country names and nationalities in the Turkish language. I’m sure you’ll find your country here! If not, don’t hesitate to ask for it in the comments down below!
You should know country names in Turkish to get to know people better and introduce yourself. If you are a foreigner learning Turkish, local people will have many questions about you and your hometown.
It’s also an opportunity to make a good impression on behalf of your people by introducing your country and culture to Turkish people.
Turkey Is No Longer “Turkey”
Yep, you’ve read it right! Turkey is officially no longer called Turkey in English. The new name of Turkey was changed to Türkiye, the country’s real name in the Turkish language. So right now, the Turkish and English names are the same: Türkiye.
The United Nations, upon the request of Turkey, changed the English name from “Turkey” to “Türkiye (pronounced as tur-key-yay)” in June 2022.
The leading cause of this change is because “turkey” is the name of an animal in English that is usually eaten on Thanksgiving Day, and it is used to mock the country from time to time.
So the UN agreed that the word Türkiye represents the culture and values of the Turkish nation in a better way than the word “turkey”. However, it seems that it will take a long time to get used to the new name since it is still called Turkey in many international media sources.
The Etymology Of The Name “Türkiye”
Türkiye originated from the name “Turchia” in the Italian language in th 12th century. Italians and other Europeans used to call the lands the Ottoman Empire ruled Turchia. However, the Ottomans never used the word “Türkiye” until the Republic Of Türkiye was established.
Türk means Turk, and the suffix -iye expresses ownership or an owned area so this is how the name Türkiye was derived.
Nationalities And Country Names In Turkish
Nationality names are derived from the country names in Turkish. In most cases, you add the suffixes “-lı, -li, -n, -an, -en” at the end of the country name to form the nationality name; however, there are some exceptions. Here are a few examples:
Amerika – Amerikan/Amerikalı
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İtalya – İtalyan
Kore – Koreli
Tayland – Taylandlı
Suriye – Suriyeli
In the country names ending with “-ya, -ye” or “-tan, -ten,” you should omit the last two/three letters. Here are a few examples:
Türkiye – Türk
Japonya – Japon
Rusya – Rus
Yunanistan – Yunan
Suudi Arabistan – Arap
When it comes to languages, you should add the suitable suffix “-ca, -ce, -ça, -çe” according to the last letter of the nationality name. Here are a few examples:
Türk – Türkçe
Japon – Japonca
Rus – Rusça
Yunan – Yunanca
Arap – Arapça
Here, we prepared a comprehensive list of more than a hundred country names in Turkish with their nationalities.
Countries In Africa
Here is the list of African country names in Turkish.
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
Algeria
Cezayir
Algerian
Cezayirli
Angola
Angola
Angolan
Angolalı
Botswana
Botsvana
Botswanian
Botsvanalı
Cameroon
Kamerun
Cameroonian
Kamerunlu
Egypt
Mısır
Egyptian
Mısırlı
Ethiopia
Etiyopya
Ethiopian
Etiyopyalı
Gabon
Gabon
Gabonese
Gabonlu
Ghana
Gana
Ghanian
Ganalı
Kenya
Kenya
Kenyan
Kenyalı
Libya
Libya
Libyan
Libyalı
Malawi
Malavi
Malawian
Malavili
Mali
Mali
Malian
Malili
Mauritania
Moritanya
Mauritanian
Moritanyalı
Morocco
Fas
Moroccan
Faslı
Mozambique
Mozambik
Mozambican
Mozambikli
Nigeria
Nijerya
Nigerian
Nijeryalı
Senegal
Senegal
Senegalese
Senegalli
Somalia
Somali
Somalian
Somalili
South Africa
Güney Afrika
South African
Güney Afrikalı
Sudan
Sudan
Sudanese
Sudanlı
Tanzania
Tanzanya
Tanzanian
Tanzanyalı
Tunisia
Tunus
Tunisian
Tunuslu
Uganda
Uganda
Ugandian
Ugandalı
Zambia
Zambiya
Zambian
Zambiyalı
Zimbabwe
Zimbabve
Zimbabwean
Zimbabveli
Countries In Asia
Here is the list of Asian country names in Turkish.
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
Afghanistan
Afganistan
Afghan
Afgan
Armenia
Ermenistan
Armenian
Ermeni
Azerbaijan
Azerbaycan
Azerbaijani
Azeri
Bangladesh
Bangladeş
Bangladeshi
Bangladeşli
Bahrain
Bahreyn
Bahraini
Bahreynli
Cambodia
Kamboçya
Cambodian
Kamboçyalı
Chechnya
Çeçenistan
Chechen
Çeçen
China
Çin
Chinese
Çinli
Georgia
Gürcistan
Georgian
Gürcü
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Konger
Hong Konglu
India
Hindistan
Indian
Hint
Indonesia
Endonezya
Indonesian
Endonezyalı
Iran
İran
Iranian
İranlı
Iraq
Irak
Iraqian
Iraklı
Israel
İsrail
Israeli
İsrailli
Japan
Japonya
Japanese
Japon
Jordan
Ürdün
Jordanian
Ürdünlü
Kazakhstan
Kazakistan
Kazakh
Kazak
Kuwait
Kuveyt
Kuwaiti
Kuveytli
Kyrgyzstan
Kırgızistan
Kirghiz
Kırgız
Lebanon
Lübnan
Lebanese
Lübnanlı
Malaysia
Malezya
Malay
Malezyalı
Mongolia
Moğolistan
Mongol
Moğol
North Korea
Kuzey Kore
North Korean
Kuzey Koreli
Oman
Umman
Omani
Ummanlı
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistani
Pakistanlı
Palestine
Filistin
Paletinian
Filistinli
Philippines
Filipinler
Filipino
Filipinli
Qatar
Katar
Qatari
Katarlı
Saudi Arabia
Suudi Arabistan
Arab
Arap
South Korea
Güney Kore
South Korean
Güney Koreli
Syria
Suriye
Syrian
Suriyeli
Tajikistan
Tacikistan
Tajik
Tacik
Turkmenistan
Türkmenistan
Turkmen
Türkmen
United Arab Emirates
Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
Arab
Arap
Uzbekistan
Özbekistan
Uzbek
Özbek
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnamese
Vietnamlı
Yemen
Yemen
Yemeni
Yemenli
Countries In Europe
Here is the list of European country names in Turkish.
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
Albania
Arnavutluk
Albanian
Arnavut
Austria
Avusturya
Austrian
Avusturyalı
Belarus
Belarus
Belarussian
Belaruslu
Belgium
Belçika
Belgian
Belçikalı
Bosnia Herzegovina
Bosna Hersek
Bosnian
Boşnak
Bulgaria
Bulgaristan
Bulgarian
Bulgar
Croatia
Hırvatistan
Croatian
Hırvat
Cyprus
Kıbrıs
Cypriot
Kıbrıslı
Czech Republic
Çek Cumhuriyeti
Czech
Çekyalı
Denmark
Danimarka
Danish
Danimarkalı
England
İngiltere
English
İngiliz
Estonia
Estonya
Estonian
Estonyalı
Finland
Finlandiya
Finn
Finlandiyalı
France
Fransa
French
Fransız
Georgia
Gürcistan
Georgian
Gürcü
Germany
Almanya
German
Alman
Greece
Yunanistan
Greek
Yunan
Netherlands
Hollanda
Dutch
Hollandalı
Hungary
Macaristan
Hungarian
Macar
Ireland
İrlanda
Irish
İrlandalı
Italy
İtalya
Italian
İtalyan
Kosovo
Kosova
Kosovan
Kosovalı
Latvia
Letonya
Latvian
Letonyalı
Lithuania
Litvanya
Lithuanian
Litvanyalı
Luxembourg
Lüksemburg
Luxembourgian
Lüksemburglu
Malta
Malta
Maltese
Maltalı
Macedonia
Makedonya
Macedonian
Makedonyalı
Moldova
Moldova
Moldovan
Moldovalı
Montenegro
Karadağ
Montenegrin
Karadağlı
Norway
Norveç
Norwegian
Norveçli
Poland
Polonya
Polish
Polonyalı
Portugal
Portekiz
Portuguese
Portekizli
Romania
Romanya
Romanian
Romanyalı
Russia
Rusya
Russian
Rus
Scotland
İskoçya
Scotthish
İskoç
Serbia
Sırbistan
Serbian
Sırp
Spain
İspanya
Spanish
İspanyol
Sweden
İsveç
Swedish
İsveçli
Switzerland
İsviçre
Swiss
İsviçreli
Ukraine
Ukrayna
Ukranian
Ukraynalı
Countries In North America
Here is the list of North American country names in Turkish.
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
Canada
Kanada
Canadian
Kanadalı
Costa Rica
Kosta Rika
Costa Rican
Kosta Rikalı
Cuba
Küba
Cuban
Kübalı
Haiti
Haiti
Haitian
Haitili
Mexico
Meksika
Mexican
Meksikalı
Panama
Panama
Panamanian
Panamalı
United States of America
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
American
Amerikalı
Countries In South America
Here is the list of South American country names in Turkish.
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
Argentina
Arjantin
Argentinean
Arjantinli
Bolivia
Bolivya
Bolivian
Bolivyalı
Brazil
Brezilya
Brazilian
Brezilyalı
Chile
Şili
Chilean
Şilili
Colombia
Kolombiya
Colombian
Kolombiyalı
Ecuador
Ekvador
Ecuadorian
Ekvadorlu
Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguayan
Paraguaylı
Peru
Peru
Peruvian
Perulu
Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguayan
Uruguaylı
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuelan
Venezuellalı
Countries In Oceania
Here is the list of Oceanian country names in Turkish.
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
English
Turkish
Pronunciation
Australia
Avustralya
Australian
Avusturalyalı
Fiji
Fiji
Fijian
Fijili
New Zealand
Yeni Zelanda
New Zealander
Yeni Zelandalı
Papua New Guinea
Papua Yeni Gine
Papua New Guinean
Papua Yeni Gineli
Tonga
Tonga
Tongan
Tongalı
How To Ask Somone’s Hometown In Turkish?
Q: Nerelisin(iz)? (Where are you from?)
A: Ben Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeim. (I’m from The United States Of America.)
Q: Memleket(iniz) neresi? (Where is your hometown?)
A: Benim memleketim Almanya. (My hometown is in Germany.)
Q: Nereden geliyorsun(uz)? (Where do you come from?)
A: Ben İspanya’dan geliyorum. (I come from Spain.)
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