But you can't learn a language only from books. In my friend's case, he works at a hospital where mostly Turks come and so he wanted to learn Turkish in order to help them better. He studied the grammar books but he also used what he learned from the books. So, you should maybe find a way to practice your Turkish, e-mail friends maybe.
And never believe those language programs which tell you they're gonna teach you the language within 3 months, 4 weeks, etc. Language learning is not an easy job. You have to study and work hard to learn a language and also there are many variables which affect your learning. Such super programs are trying to be appealing and never reflecting the truth.Nope. Taking a class is better or if you could go to Turkey for a year even better. I am multilingual and I didn't learn any of them by reading a book. I did by going to school and learning the language and then finding people who speak that particular language so I can practice.Trying to learn a new language by using a book is almost impossible for anyone. A software program that is considered one of the best is Rosetta Stone. But it's expensive. About 300.00 dollars.If you are motivated to do it, then, yes. Try the Teach Yourself series, I'm sure you can get an interloan through your local library system. Get a Turkish penpal, find a group to join who spend an evening speaking only in Turkish--in other words, immerse yourself in the language. It will help to keep you motivated. Good luck.It certainly can't hurt you to try to teach yourself Turkish! As long as you can listen to some tapes so you can get the accents, inflections, etc. right.
If you learn a little more about it, that would be helpful.
It's a good starting point.