Turkish Keyboard with Q and F Layouts: ğ, ş, ı and İ
The Turkish keyboard here types ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş and ü in the box below, and Shift turns ı into I, never İ. Click the keys, or on a PC hold Alt with c, g, o, s or u, then copy the text. The board draws Turkish Q, whose I key types ı, and Turkish F.
Turkish Q is drawn here as Windows ships it, and the switch swaps in Turkish F, the layout Turkey's public offices were told to adopt. Your own keyboard works as usual, and so do clicks on the picture. Tinted keys are the Turkish letters a US keyboard lacks. Without a mouse, hold Alt with c, g, o, s or u.
A phone screen is too narrow for Turkish Q or F, so the Turkish letters stand alone as large keys; the full layouts appear once the screen is wider. Your phone's keyboard hides a few of them under the plain letter: Touch and hold C, then slide to ç.
Turkish letters an English keyboard lacks dead key: it types nothing until the next key
- ç ğ ı ö ş ü keys of their own
- İ Shift and its key
Each Turkish letter in one click, dotless ı and dotted İ included; with Shift on, ı becomes I.
Which keys type Turkish letters in this editor?
In the box above, hold Alt and press the plain letter: the editor types its Turkish form. Add Shift for the capital. ı and İ have no key here: tap them on the screen.
| Press | Types | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+C | ç | Ç |
| Alt+G | ğ | Ğ |
| Alt+O | ö | Ö |
| Alt+S | ş | Ş |
| Alt+U | ü | Ü |
These keys belong to this page only; they do nothing in other apps. On a Mac the editor leaves Option to macOS, so the Mac's own accent keys work in the box as they do everywhere else: ç is Option+C. AltGr on a Windows keyboard is left alone too, so it types what your layout prints on the key.
What is the difference between Turkish Q and Turkish F?
A Turkish keyboard is usually Q or F, each called after the first letter of its top row. The Turkish Q keyboard is a US keyboard with ğ, ü, ş, ö, ç and the dotted i moved onto punctuation keys at the ends of the rows, and ı on the I key.
The Turkish F keyboard starts again from scratch. Microsoft's Turkish F layout (opens in a new tab) opens its top row with f, g, ğ, ı, o and d. Read from Microsoft's data on 2026-10-21, it shows a clear pattern:
- Every vowel of Turkish, a, e, ı, i, o, ö, u and ü, sits on a key left of the US Y, H and N column, so the left hand types them all.
- The a key is where a US keyboard has F, under the left index finger. The k key is on the US J, under the right index finger.
The F layout was planned that way. Wikipedia's article on the F keyboard (opens in a new tab) says İhsan Sıtkı Yener led the work in 1955, using letter counts from Turkish words gathered with the Turkish Language Association.
The 2013 government circular (opens in a new tab) calls the F layout suited to the Turkish language and alphabet and fit for fast typing, and it names the standard F keyboards must meet: TS 2117. Even so, Wikipedia notes that most computers in Turkey use Q.
How do you add Turkish Q or F on Android, an iPhone, a Mac or Windows?
To type in Turkish, the system keeps your own layout and adds the Turkish keyboard beside it:
- Android. In Gboard, open Settings at the top of the keyboard, then Languages, Add keyboard, Turkish and a layout. Touch and hold the space bar to switch. Steps from Google (opens in a new tab).
- iPhone. Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards, Add New Keyboard, then Turkish. To switch while typing, touch and hold the globe or emoji key. Steps from Apple's iPhone guide (opens in a new tab).
- Mac. System Settings, Keyboard, then Edit under Text Input. Click Add, search for Turkish and pick a source; the last section compares them. Control and the Space bar bring back the last source; the Input menu shows them all, and its Keyboard Viewer draws the keys. Steps from Apple (opens in a new tab).
- Windows 11. Start, Settings, Time & language, Language & region. Open the three dots by your display language, choose Language options, then Add a keyboard and pick Turkish Q or Turkish F. Hold the Windows logo key and press the Spacebar to move between layouts. Steps from Microsoft (opens in a new tab).
Where are ğ, ş and ı on Turkish Q and Turkish F?
On a Turkish keyboard layout, look for the key by what a US keyboard prints on it. Each row below comes from Microsoft's layout data for Turkish Q (opens in a new tab) and Turkish F. The capital is always Shift on the same key.
| Turkish letter | Turkish Q puts it on the US key | Turkish F puts it on the US key |
|---|---|---|
| ı, capital I | I | R |
| i, capital İ | ' (apostrophe) | S |
| ğ, Ğ | [ | E |
| ü, Ü | ] | G |
| ş, Ş | ; | ' (apostrophe) |
| ö, Ö | , (comma) | X |
| ç, Ç | . (full stop) | B |
On Turkish Q the comma moves to the key right of i, by the Enter key, and the full stop to where the US slash is.
The Mac agrees. Its Turkish Q and Turkish F input sources, measured with UCKeyTranslate on macOS 26.6.2, put each of these letters on the same key as Windows.
Why does Shift on i type İ, and Shift on ı type I?
Because Turkish pairs the letters by the dot, not by the shape. The table attached to Law 1353 (opens in a new tab) prints İ with i and I with ı. Unicode writes the same rule into its case data: SpecialCasing.txt (opens in a new tab) says that in Turkish and Azeri, i upper-cases to İ and I lower-cases to ı.
Software that forgets the language gets Turkish names wrong. We ran the same words through Node.js v26.0.0 (ICU 78.3) on 2026-10-21, once with no language and once in Turkish:
| Word | Change | No language set | Turkish casing |
|---|---|---|---|
| istanbul | to capitals | ISTANBUL | İSTANBUL |
| IĞDIR | to small letters | iğdir | ığdır |
| DİYARBAKIR | to small letters | di̇yarbakir, an i with a loose dot (U+0307) after it | diyarbakır |
The online Turkish keyboard here uses the Turkish pairs. On the drawn board, Shift and the i key give İ, and Shift and the ı key give I. In the row of letters, Shift turns ı into I, and İ stays İ. The dotless i page has more on ı itself.
How do the Mac's Turkish input sources compare?
macOS offers more forms of the Turkish keyboard than Windows. We read every key of each source with UCKeyTranslate on macOS 26.6.2, with and without Shift, Option and Caps Lock:
- Turkish Q matches the Windows Turkish Q letter keys. Option and T type ₺, and Caps Lock gives İ on the i key.
- Turkish Q – Legacy keeps the US keys. Each Turkish letter is Option with its plain letter: Option and S give ş, Option and I give ı, and adding Shift to Option and I gives İ. Caps Lock turns i into I here, as on a US keyboard.
- Turkish F matches the Windows Turkish F letter keys and has no dead keys at all. Option with A, S and F types û, î and â directly.
- Turkish F – Legacy has the same letter keys as Turkish F, a different number row, and accents that wait on Option layers.
No layout to install? Use the editor at the top as a Turkish keyboard online, or the cards further down, which give each letter's keys on an English keyboard. See also the Turkish alphabet and the pages for ğ, ş and ç.
What are the Turkish keyboard shortcuts on each device?
Without a Turkish layout, these are the documented ways to type the letters: one card per device, letter by letter. A capital takes Shift on the last key: on a Mac, Ç is Shift+Option+C.
Mac
Windows
iPhone, iPad and Android
- ç
- Touch and hold C, then slide to ç
- ö
- Touch and hold O, then slide to ö
- ü
- Touch and hold U, then slide to ü
No documented method for ğ, ı, İ and ş.
Chromebook
First: switch to the US International keyboard.
No documented method for ğ, ı, İ and ş.
Microsoft Word
Google Docs
- ç
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin small letter c with cedilla"
- ğ
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin small letter g with breve"
- ı
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin small letter dotless i"
- İ
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin capital letter i with dot above"
- ö
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin small letter o with diaeresis"
- ş
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin small letter s with cedilla"
- ü
- Insert, then Symbols, then Special characters, then search "latin small letter u with diaeresis"
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Frequently asked questions about the Turkish keyboard
Do Turkish government offices have to use the F keyboard?
Prime Ministry circular 2013/13, printed in the Resmî Gazete on 10 December 2013, set that course for the public sector. Computers bought after it were to come with F keyboards built to the TS 2117 standard, and those already in use were to switch by the end of 2017. Private firms were only to be encouraged.
Where is the Turkish lira sign ₺ on a Turkish keyboard?
Microsoft's Turkish Q and Turkish F layouts both put ₺ on AltGr with T. On a Mac, the Turkish Q input source types it with Option and T, while Turkish F moves it to Option and H.
Why does Caps Lock type İ on a Turkish keyboard?
Caps Lock follows the layout's own capitals. With it on, Microsoft's Turkish Q and Turkish F give İ on the i key and I on the ı key, and Shift with Caps Lock brings the small letters back. The Mac's Turkish Q and Turkish F do the same. The Mac's ABC layout turns every i into I.
Is the text I type in this Turkish keyboard kept anywhere?
Only on your own device. The editor saves a draft in this browser's local storage, so it is back after a reload, and it sends nothing over the network. Clear removes the text and the draft at once. In a private window the draft can be lost.