When I use Turkish characters in comments, they turn into question marks when I reopen the file

When I use Turkish characters in comments in MATLAB, they turn into question marks when I reopen the file. How can I solve this issue?

I also encounter this problem when using a directory with turkish characters.

I'm using MATLAB 2023B, operating system is Windows 10.

[Rik]

Did you change a locale setting? Because saving as UTF-8 has been the default for several years now. Or is this only with files create on Matlab releases prior to this change?

[Murat Oztas]

Actually, I've been using the same computer for 3 years with old versions of MATLAB ( 2020B- 2021B, 2022B).This character problem occured with this update. Locale setting is correct.

Answer 1

[Rishav]

Hi Murat,

MATLAB can use the UTF-8 character sets for different languages, however, MATLAB uses the Operating System specific User and System Locale and Regional settings for Locale initialization.

Please refer to the following MATLAB answer for the workaround of this issue:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/92974-why-do-turkish-characters-appear-as-question-marks-in-matlab-7-4-r2007a-on-windows

[Murat Oztas]

Hi Rishav,

I've looked into this issue, but my locale settings seem to be correct. Actually, I've been using the same computer for 3 years with old versions of MATLAB ( 2020B- 2021B, 2022B).This character problem occured with this update.