@article{2013,title={A STUDY ON TURKISH DICTIONARY},abstractNode={A dictionary is a referential work which defines the words, idioms and terms of a language; it gives every detail of words in grammar; it presents usage samples; briefly it orderly gathers the vocabulary of the language. Dictionaries are not the works are read from beginning to end but they fulfill transferring social values coming with language as a social and cultural duty. Each language has dictionaries according to topic and method. Since the first dictionary Divanü Lügat’t-Türk, dictionaries have been written from the various fields, periods and dialects in Turkish language. In this study we aimed to classify and introduce Turkish dictionaries according to their subjects and methods as general dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, dictionaries of the period, dialectology dictionaries, etymological dictionaries, Ottoman dictionaries. The general dictionaries part includes Şemseddin Sami’s Kâmûs-ı Türkî’s which reveals information on the historical dialects of Turkish language, Turkish dictionary prepared by Ali Parlatır and others which aims to include the whole Turkish vocabulary and Turkish dictionary prepared by Ali Püsküllüoğlu which contains the vocabulary among public and slang. The bilingual dictionaries part includes Sır James Redhouse’s the English-Turkish dictionary named Redhause which contains each word in Qur'an, quotations from Persian poets and proverbs of Arabic-Persian and Ottoman. The era dictionaries part includes Survey Dictionary, which contains the Turkish words delved from 227 written works and the words that are not being used today or have different meanings are given with their witnesses, and The New Survey Dictionary, that edited by Cem Dilçin, which published by Turkish Language Association. Dialectology dictionaries include compiling dictionary which contains compiled Turkish words from various parts of the country between 1932 and 1960. The section of Etymology Dictionaries includes Vâmbery Hermann, Etymology Dictionary of Turkish-Tatar Languages, Bedros Keresteciyan, Mat?rıaux Pour un Dıstıonnaıre Etymologııque De La Langue Turque dictionary, a study written by Martti R?s?nen entitled ‘An Essay on Etymology Dictionary of Turkish Languages’, Old Turkish Dictionary written by Nasılof-Tenışef-Şerback-Nadalıov, Pre-thirteenth Century Turkish Languages Etymological Dictionary written by Sır Gerard Clauson and Vladimirovich Sevortyan, Etymology Dictionary of Turkish Languages. The section of Ottoman Dictionaries includes Ah},author={Meltem GÜL},year={2013},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}