a python module to make unicode strings work as expected for turkish chars. solves the turkish "İ" problem.
lower(), upper(), capitalize() and title() methods are patched.
pip install unicode_tr
or if you like 90s:
easy_install unicode_tr
or add unicode_tr directory to the your path.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from unicode_tr import unicode_tr
text_true = unicode_tr(u"istanbul")
text_wrong = unicode(u"istanbul")
# string.upper
print text_true.upper(), text_wrong.upper()
# output -> İSTANBUL ISTANBUL
# string.capitalize
print text_true.capitalize(), text_wrong.capitalize()
# output -> İstanbul Istanbul
# string.lower
text_true = unicode_tr(u"ÇINAR")
text_false = unicode(u"ÇINAR")
print text_true.lower(), text_false.lower()
# output -> çınar çinar
# string.title
text_true = unicode_tr(u"izmir istanbul")
text_false = unicode(u"izmir istanbul")
print text_true.title(), text_false.title()
# output -> İzmir İstanbul Izmir Istanbul
extras.slugify
Turkish language supported slugify function.
Converts to lowercase, removes non-word characters (alphanumerics and underscores) and converts spaces to hyphens. Also strips leading and trailing whitespace."
In [1]: from unicode_tr.extras import slugify
In [2]: slugify("türkçe")
Out[2]: u'turkce'
In [3]: slugify("diyarbakır")
Out[3]: u'diyarbakir'
Note: If you want to deasciify your text: @emres/turkish-deasciifier
