Turkish dialects should be taught in terms of spelling and punctuation, in addition to their grammatical differences and similarities. However, there is no holistic, comparative study on the spelling rules of all Turkic dialects that would contribute to this field. For this study to be completed, academic research on spelling and punctuation for each dialect is needed. Due to the needs in this area, several individual studies have been conducted (Beşen Delice, 2016; Beşen Delice, 2019; Baytok, 2024). To address a gap in the field and contribute to future studies, this article examines the punctuation marks in Kazakh Turkish and Turkish in Turkey comparatively. The comparative qualitative research method was used in the study. The spelling rules of Turkish in Turkey and Kazakh Turkish are explained historically. Data for spelling rules were also collected from Dosova, 2018, for Kazakh Turkish, and the Spelling Guide for Turkish in Turkey (https://tdk.gov.tr/tdk/kurumsal/yazım-kilavuzu/). It has been determined that eighteen punctuation marks are used in Turkish: period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, den den, ellipsis, slash, backslash, caret, parentheses (bracket), square brackets (square brackets), question mark, exclamation mark, hyphen, and long line. Kazakh Turkish uses ten punctuation marks: period, comma, semicolon, colon, double quotation marks, ellipsis, parentheses (bracket), question mark, exclamation mark, and hyphen. It has been observed that apostrophe, single quotation marks, den den, slash, backslash, caret, square brackets (square brackets), and long line are not used in Kazakh Turkish.
Türkiye Turkish, Spelling, Spelling Guide, Punctuation Marks, Teaching Modern Turkish Dialects