metadata
dataset_info:
- config_name: default
features:
- name: translation_id
dtype: string
- name: translation
dtype: string
- name: language
dtype: string
- name: book_number
dtype: int32
- name: book
dtype: string
- name: book_abbr
dtype: string
- name: chapter
dtype: int32
- name: verse
dtype: string
- name: verse_number
dtype: int32
- name: verse_suffix
dtype: string
- name: verse_id
dtype: string
- name: text
dtype: string
splits:
- name: train
num_examples: 30163
num_rows: 30163
configs:
- config_name: default
data_files: data/data.parquet
Turkish Bible
Description
A translation of the Bible into the Turkish language (Türkçe), the national language of Turkey spoken by over 80 million people. This public domain edition makes the Scriptures accessible to Turkish-speaking communities. Turkish is a Turkic language with a rich history spanning from Central Asia to Anatolia. It includes the Protestant canon (66 books).
Dataset Structure
Each row represents one Bible verse.
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
translation_id |
string | Translation identifier |
translation |
string | Full translation name |
language |
string | Language code |
book_number |
int32 | Book number (1-64) |
book |
string | Book name |
book_abbr |
string | Book abbreviation |
chapter |
int32 | Chapter number |
verse |
string | Verse number (may include suffixes like 13a) |
verse_number |
int32 | Numeric part of verse |
verse_suffix |
string | Verse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null |
verse_id |
string | Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse}) |
text |
string | Verse text |
Statistics
- Books: 64
- Verses: 30,163
- Language: Turkish
- Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
- File size: 2.24 MB
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/turkish_bible_tr", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'turkish_bible_tr', 'book': '...', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': '...'}
License
Public domain.