An American in Turkey

With my bag arriving today and a big weekend of sightseeing ahead I will be using more and more Turkish nouns and placenames. So in order for you to understand the way how some things are pronounced, I am providing this little guide;

A - ah as in Hallelujah
E - ay as in bay
İ - long i as in night
I - uh or short i\u as in but
O - normal long O as in pomegranate
Ö - normal ummlau pronunciation, think German
U - long U as in boot
Ü - ew as in mute
C - hard J as in jay
Ç - ch as in chai
G - guh as in great
Ğ - silent letter, extends the vowel sounds around it
S - s as in say
Ş - sh as in shore
J - jha, like french jeton

Everything else is just lıke English.

Güle Güle!