I've been learning with Pelin over a year now and I cannot say enough kind things about her. First, you can absolutely see her Master's in Linguistics come through in her teaching, as she's able to speak and explain the grammar, etymology, and cultural nuances of language. Second, she's always on time, always attentive (actually, she keeps me focused not the other way around 😅), and always checks in about what I'm interested in and how I want to learn. Thank you, Pelin! Good teachers are a blessing and that you are!

Pelin is a highly committed and engaged teacher with profound knowledge of how her native language functions. My learning style is quite abstract, and Pelin has a gift for explaining grammar rules and other curiosities.

I absolutely love having Turkish lessons with Pelin! I’ve been learning with her for almost two years now, and my Turkish has improved so much. She always listens to my questions and wishes and adapts the lessons to what I need. She uses lots of different methods, gives helpful homework, and puts so much effort into the documents she creates to explain different topics. Pelin is a very dedicated, patient and knowledgeable teacher. Her lessons are always well prepared, varied, and tailored to my needs. I’ve learned so much with her and would definitely recommend her to anyone learning Turkish!

I haven't left a review in a while so I figured I'd do one again. By now I have taken over 35 lessons with Pelin which is the most i have ever had with any tutor on iTalki by a long shot. Pelin very clearly has the knowledge to teach Turkish via her education and the discipline/drive to make good lessons. It is very clear that a lot of time goes into preparing the lessons. In the beginning I was especially surprised at how comfortable speaking felt even when I was at a novice beginner level. Pelin is good at making you use your existing Turkish to its full potential. Conversations even at that level are personal and relevant to what you want to learn, not standard textbook material (or at least, only when it is useful for studying something now). Out of all the tutors I have ever tried on iTalki, Pelin is by far the best and it is not even close, whch is definitely reflected by her absurdly high retention rate of almost 20 lessons per student. I can only most warmly recommend her!

The best!!!! 💗💗💗💗💗

PELIN IS THE GOAT! 🐐✨☀️!