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Transcribe Turkish Audio to Text

Upload a Turkish recording or paste a public link and get a written transcript with ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş and ü in place. Up to 99% accurate on clear audio, with timestamps on every segment. Free for 120 minutes every week.

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See It In Action

Here is a short line from a Turkish meeting as the transcript shows it, with its English translation.

Original Audio

"Merhaba, bugün toplantıya katıldığınız için teşekkürler. Önümüzdeki adımları planlayalım."

Transcription

"Merhaba, bugün toplantıya katıldığınız için teşekkürler. Önümüzdeki adımları planlayalım."

Translation: "Hello, thank you for joining the meeting today. Let's plan the next steps."

Accurate on clear Turkish speech

On a clear recording of standard Turkish, accuracy reaches up to 99%, and 95–99% is the realistic range. The language is detected automatically, so you do not pick Turkish from a menu. Background music, people talking over each other, distant microphones and strong accents lower accuracy. Every segment has a timestamp, so you can jump to any line and check it by ear.

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One model for Turkish from every region

A lecture in Ankara, a family interview in Rize and a podcast from İzmir all go through the same model. It is strongest on standard Turkish; regional accents, Cypriot Turkish and dialect words transcribe less reliably and may be normalised to standard spelling. When someone switches to English mid-sentence, short phrases usually come through, but long English passages may be transcribed poorly because the language is detected once per recording.

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Translate Turkish transcripts into 60+ languages

On the paid plans, a finished Turkish transcript can be translated into English, German, Arabic or more than 60 other languages. It helps when sharing a Turkish interview with colleagues abroad or studying a Turkish series line by line. The translation is automatic, so read idioms and formal expressions with care before you publish them.

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Turkish as it is spoken across Turkey and Cyprus

There are no separate dialect models. One model handles all Turkish, and it does best with the standard Istanbul-based speech heard on television and in the classroom. The stronger the regional accent, the more corrections you should expect.

Istanbul Turkish

Standard Turkish

The standard language of news, schools and most podcasts. Clear recordings in standard Turkish get the best results, up to 99% accuracy.

Black Sea Turkish

Trabzon, Rize, Giresun

Mild Black Sea accents usually transcribe well. Heavy local speech with shortened vowels and regional words can come out misspelled or normalised toward standard forms.

Aegean Turkish

İzmir, Aydın, Muğla

Aegean speech sits close to the standard, so most recordings transcribe cleanly. Drawn-out vowels and local expressions may need a quick edit.

Central Anatolian

Ankara, Konya, Kayseri

Everyday Central Anatolian speech usually comes through well. Strong rural accents and dialect words transcribe less reliably than city speech.

Southeastern Turkish

Gaziantep, Urfa, Diyarbakır

Turkish spoken with a southeastern accent is recognised, but accuracy drops with strong accents. Kurdish or Arabic passages in the same recording are not transcribed reliably.

Cypriot Turkish

Northern Cyprus

Cypriot Turkish differs in sounds, words and verb endings, and the output leans toward standard spelling. Expect more corrections than with mainland recordings.

How to transcribe Turkish audio

From a Turkish recording to editable text in four steps, with no language to select.

Step 01

Add your Turkish recording

Upload a file up to 500 MB, paste a public YouTube or Instagram link, or record in the browser or the iPhone and Android app.

Step 02

Turkish is detected and transcribed

The language is recognised automatically and the recording is transcribed in minutes, with a timestamp on every segment.

Step 03

Check it against the audio

Click a timestamp to hear that line, fix a misheard word or suffix, and search the transcript for a name or term.

Step 04

Download or translate

Download TXT on the free plan. Paid plans add SRT, VTT, Word and PDF, AI summaries and translation into more than 60 languages.

Who transcribes Turkish with Hear2Text

Anyone with Turkish speech to put into writing, from newsrooms and university theses to families in the diaspora recording their elders.

Turkish YouTubers and podcasters

Paste a link to your Turkish video or podcast episode, then turn the transcript into subtitles, show notes or a blog post. SRT and VTT exports are on the paid plans.

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Teams meeting in Turkish

Upload a recorded Zoom call or sales meeting held in Turkish and get it back labelled by speaker. Paid plans add an AI summary and an English translation for colleagues abroad.

Researchers and journalists

Transcribe Turkish interviews, focus groups and oral history recordings, then click timestamps to verify quotes before you cite them.

Turkish learners

Get the text of a Turkish series episode, news clip or lesson, follow along with the audio, and on a paid plan read it next to a translation.

What Turkish transcripts look like

Up to 99% on clear audio

Clean recordings of standard Turkish land in the 95–99% range. Noise, overlapping voices and heavy accents bring it down.

Proper Turkish letters

Ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş and ü appear as they should, and dotted and dotless i stay distinct in every export.

Long words kept whole

Suffix chains like 'yapabileceklerimiz' are written as one word, as Turkish spelling requires, not split into pieces.

Who said what

Speakers in a Turkish meeting or interview are labelled Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on, on every plan, so every line shows who is speaking. On the paid plans you can rename them.

Punctuated, readable text

The transcript comes with sentences and punctuation, split into timestamped segments, so it reads like text rather than a stream of words.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it understand regional Turkish accents?
Yes, within limits. Any Turkish recording is transcribed by the same model, whether the speaker is from İzmir, Trabzon, Konya or Gaziantep. It performs best on standard, Istanbul-style Turkish. Strong regional accents, Cypriot Turkish, background noise and fast speech lower accuracy, and dialect words may be written in their standard form. There are no dialect-specific models, so plan a quick review for heavily accented audio.
Will the transcript have ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş and ü?
Yes. The transcript is written in standard Turkish spelling, with ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş and ü, not ASCII stand-ins like 'c' or 's'. Dotted and dotless i are kept apart, so 'sınıf' and 'İstanbul' come out correctly. The letters carry through to your exports, and you can fix any word in the browser editor before you download.
Can it handle long Turkish words with many suffixes?
Yes, mostly. Turkish stacks suffixes onto a root, as in 'görüşebileceğimizi' or 'evlerinizden', and the model writes these as single words the way a Turkish reader expects. On clear audio the suffix chains are usually right. When speech is fast or mumbled, a suffix can be dropped or misheard, so it is worth checking key sentences against the recording by clicking their timestamps.
Does it recognise Arabic, Persian and English loanwords in Turkish?
Yes, for words that are part of everyday Turkish. Loanwords such as 'kitap', 'hükümet' or 'bilgisayar' and common English terms like 'online' appear in normal Turkish spelling. Rare Ottoman vocabulary in old recordings or religious talks is less reliable. If a speaker switches into English for a long stretch, that part may be transcribed poorly, because the language is detected once per recording.
Can I translate a Turkish transcript into English?
Yes, on the paid plans. Once the Turkish transcript is ready, you can translate it into English or any of more than 60 other languages. Translation is machine-generated, so idioms and polite forms like 'efendim' may read literally. The free plan gives you the Turkish transcript as a TXT file; translation comes with the $9.99 monthly or $89.99 yearly plan.
Which files and links can I use for Turkish audio?
Almost any common format. Upload MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WEBM, MP4, MOV, MKV or AVI files up to 500 MB and 6 hours long. You can also paste a public link from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Vimeo or Apple Podcasts, one video per link. Private or login-only posts cannot be fetched; download those and upload the file instead.

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Create a free account, upload a Turkish recording or paste a public link, and read the transcript with ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş and ü in place within minutes.

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