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This study aims to analyze the book Török Nyelvtan: Kézikönyvül És Magántanulásra (“Turkish Grammar: As a Handbook and for Self-Study”) by Gábor Bálint de Szentkatolnai (1844–1913), written in Hungarian in 1875. Szentkatolnai’s approach is unique because he adopts a Hungarian perspective of the Turkish language and culture. A key innovative feature of the book is the inclusion of a reader consisting of various authentic texts. The author’s Hungarian perspective crucially informs the book’s content and how it presents Turkish grammar. The work consists of three main parts. Part A is divided into two sections, morphology and syntax. Part B serves as the central part of the book, wherein Szentkatolnai adopts the translation teaching method, supplying reading material in three parallel versions: Ottoman Turkish, Ottoman Turkish transcribed with Latin letters, and Hungarian translation. It can be seen that speaking and listening are neglected by this teaching method, with reading and writing skills taking center stage. In Part C, the book concludes with a detailed dictionary.

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