Question 1

How are Turkish characters handled?

Accepted Answer

ı→i, ğ→g, ş→s, ö→o, ü→u, ç→c. The subtlety is the dotted İ and dotless ı: many libraries map them wrong and turn "İstanbul" into "stanbul".

Question 2

Should a slug include a date or ID?

Accepted Answer

If titles can change later, an ID keeps the URL stable. But a clean slug reads and shares better; when a title changes, adding a redirect is usually the better answer.

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