Bugun

Bugün is the Turkish word meaning "today." It functions as an adverb to indicate the present calendar day and is widely used in both spoken and written Turkish. The term appears in a variety of time expressions, such as bugünün tarihi (the date today) and bugüne kadar (until today). In Turkish orthography, bugün is written with the letters ü and ğ; in contexts where diacritics are unavailable, it is often written as Bugun.

Pronunciation is approximately bu-GÜN, with the stress typically on the last syllable. The letter ğ is a soft g that lengthens the preceding vowel, and the word ends with an audible n. The umlauted ü also marks a distinct vowel quality in Turkish.

Usage and examples: Bugün hava güzel. (Today the weather is nice.) Bugün ne yapıyorsun? (What are you doing today?) Bugünkü toplantıyı erteledik. (We postponed today’s meeting.) Common phrases include bugüne kadar (until today), bugünün tarihi (today’s date), and bugünkü program (today’s schedule). The word can function flexibly in sentences to anchor events or plans to the current day.

Variants and related forms: Derivatives and related phrases include bugünkü (today’s), bugünün (of today), and bugüne kadar (up to today). These forms reflect Turkish verbal-nominal morphology that links time expressions to different grammatical roles.

In media and culture, Bugün has been used as a title or in the names of Turkish publications and outlets in various periods, reflecting its meaning and immediacy in language. See also Dün (yesterday) and Yarın (tomorrow) for nearby temporal terms.