The biggest difference is movement direction: in Turkish Draughts men move and capture in straight orthogonal lines, while in international draughts everything moves diagonally. A few other contrasts stand out:
- Turkish Draughts uses an 8x8 board; international draughts uses a larger 10x10 board.
- Turkish men use all squares, not just the dark diagonal squares.
- Turkish men can move sideways as well as forward.
- Kings in both games fly long distances, but the Turkish king travels along rows and columns instead of diagonals.
Both share forced captures and the maximum-capture rule, but the straight-line movement gives Turkish Draughts a very different feel.