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Talking is one of the four basic language skills of the Turkish, along with reading, writing and listening. This skill is used in a very important part of daily communication along with the ability to listen. The purpose of this research is to identify the place of speech skills in Turkish. The examples of the work performed with the document review in the screening model were created by the Turkish Language Institute in 2010 in the 11th edition of the Turkish Dictionary. The analysis of the data obtained in the research has been used by the content analysis. As a result of the analysis, the words related to speech skills were gathered under eight categories, including speech ability, speech stage, content, style, speech time, non-speech elements, voice tone and speech environment. Under these categories there are various subjects. In the study, 621 words related to speech skills (with 640 words with multiple meanings) were presented in tables with frequency and percentage values in the results section. The study found that the words related to speech skills were most included in the categories of text (%27), content (%15), speech ability (%14), non-speech elements (%12) and speech time (%11). The other categories are classified in the form of voice tone (8%), speech environment (7%), and speech stage (6%).