special_combs = {"c" : "ј", "C" : "Ј"} #These are Serbian J characters, they will be later converted to Latin J.

turkish_dict = {

"ç" : "ch" , "Ç" : "Ch",
"ğ" : "'" , "Ğ" : "'", 
"ı" : "e" , "I": "E", 
"i" : "i" , "İ": "I",
"j" : "zh" , "J": "zh",
"ö" : "o" , "Ö" : "O",
"ş" : "sh" , "Ş" : "Sh",
"ü" : "yu" , "Ü" : "Yu",
"w" : "v" , "W" : "V",
}

cyrillic_equiv_dict = {
    "ј" : "j" , "Ј" : "J",
    "ў" : "w"
}

def check_special_comb(word):
    for comb in special_combs:
        if comb in word:
            word = word.replace(comb,special_combs[comb])
    return word

def cyrillic_to_eng(word):
    for cyrillic in cyrillic_equiv_dict:
        if cyrillic in word:
            word = word.replace(cyrillic,cyrillic_equiv_dict[cyrillic])
    return word

def turkish_letter_to_eng(letter):
    if letter in turkish_dict:
        return turkish_dict[letter]
    else:
        return letter


def turkish_word_to_latin(word):
    assert type(word)==str
    word = check_special_comb(word)

    if word.endswith("ı"):
        word = word[:-1] + "aў"
    if word.endswith("er"):
        word = word[:-2]+"ar"

    word = check_special_comb(word)

    word = ''.join([turkish_letter_to_eng(letter) for letter in word])
    word = cyrillic_to_eng(word)
    return word


def turkish_sentence_to_latin(sentence):
    word_list = word_tokenize(sentence)
    processed_word_list = []

    for word in word_list:
        try:
            input_word = word
            processed_word_list.append(turkish_word_to_latin(word))
        except:
            processed_word_list.append(input_word)

    return " ".join(processed_word_list)