PostgreSQL Full-Text Search: tsvector, tsquery, the Turkish Configuration, unaccent and pg_trgm
For Turkish search in PostgreSQL the turkish configuration is a reasonable start, but its stemmer isn't perfect: "kasabalar" can be found while "kasaba" isn't; prefix search, unaccent and pg_trgm close those gaps. tsvector/tsquery, websearch_to_tsquery, full-text search using the collation provider in 18 and the dotted/dotless i, a weighted STORED generated column with GIN, ts_rank, ts_headline, typo tolerance and when to move to Elasticsearch.
14 Nov 2026
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