# Turkish Dialect FT: Karadeniz / Aegean / Eastern Anatolian Pronunciation + Dataset Collection

> Source: https://sukruyusufkaya.com/en/learn/fine-tuning-cookbook/ftc-turkish-dialect-finetuning
> Updated: 2026-05-14T14:42:54.860Z
> Category: Fine-Tuning Cookbook (Model-by-Model)
> Module: Part VII — Speech & Audio Fine-Tuning
**TLDR:** Standard Turkish baseline Whisper is good but struggles with dialects (Black Sea 'cik' suffix, Eastern Anatolian, Aegean). Dialect speech recording protocol (consent), 50-100h regional corpus, FT + per-dialect WER. Production: customer service, healthcare (village services).