diff --git a/pisi-cli b/pisi-cli
index 28786c55..9f30d74d 100755
--- a/pisi-cli
+++ b/pisi-cli
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #
 
 import sys
-
+import locale
 import gettext
+
 __trans = gettext.translation('pisi', fallback=True)
 _ = __trans.ugettext
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ Please file a bug report! (http://bugs.uludag.org.tr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 
     sys.excepthook = handle_exception
 
diff --git a/po/tr.po b/po/tr.po
index 9c8176d2..f355ee7c 100644
--- a/po/tr.po
+++ b/po/tr.po
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Last-Translator: Eray Ozkural <eray@uludag.org.tr>\n"
 "Language-Team: Turkish <gnu-tr-u12a@lists.sourceforge.net>\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-9\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"