🇹🇷 The best tutors for learning Turkish

Founded in 1984, TÖMER is the reference institution for teaching Turkish to foreigners: it runs graded courses in Ankara and online, administers Turkish proficiency and exemption exams that universities accept, and publishes the Hitit / Yeni Hitit coursebook series many other schools teach from. This is the option when you need certified proof of level or a real classroom rather than self-study. Courses are paid and enrolment is bureaucratic, and the website is mostly in Turkish.

One-on-one video lessons from roughly $5–30/hr depending on the language and the teacher's credentials. It is the single fastest way to get real speaking practice, and the reason most self-study plans stall is that they skip this step. Community tutors are cheap conversation partners; professional teachers are worth it if you want structure, homework and error correction.

100,000+ tutors across 120+ subjects, with a free replacement if your first tutor is a bad fit. The main structural difference from italki is that Preply pushes weekly lesson subscriptions and takes a large commission from tutors, which some learners consider a reason to prefer italki. Worth comparing side by side for your language — prices, availability and tutor quality differ per market rather than per platform.