Prevalence of spelling reforms

[finlay]

There were a few more things that make no sense to me as well, like <c> for /dʒ/. I have seen a small amount of evidence that it alternates phonologically with <ç> for /tʃ/ though.

[Nortaneous]

There were a few more things that make no sense to me as well, like <c> for /dʒ/.

Supposedly that's because it looks like the Arabic letter for the same sound.

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I have seen a small amount of evidence that it alternates phonologically with <ç> for /tʃ/ though.

yes because word-final devoicing

[finlay]

Actually, it's just because i've seen bilingual dictionaries marked "Türkçe - İngilizce"

[Cathbad]

Actually, it's just because i've seen bilingual dictionaries marked "Türkçe - İngilizce"

voicing assimilation: -CA suffix alternates both w/r/t harmony and voicing of preceding consonant, if any: Türkçe, ingilizce, Arapça, etc.

EDIT: and I don't think it's just ç/c that does this.

[Acid Badger]

EDIT: and I don't think it's just ç/c that does this.

Afaik all the stops do that.(?)
I really need to learn some Turkish one day. Turkish is cool.

[Cathbad]

EDIT: and I don't think it's just ç/c that does this.

Afaik all the stops do that.(?)

Yeah. E.g. dolap-ta vs. ev-de and so on. I can't think of any other stops occurring in suffixes though, although I'm sure there are some (at least k~g).