So there is no solution except from this link?
www.smartaddons.com/forum/170-smart-news-for-joomla-17/1866-turkish-character-problem-in-the-menu#1976

Dear Youness tallih,

I think that you should use the language package here.

Thanks

same problem but in greek and canont find the solution as all my tables are in utf8 already i checked more than 10 times.

Hi spyros,

Could you please submit the ticket to technical department and tell us more about your problem? In there, you need to supply the url and describe your problem for technical supporter. We need more information to check for you.

Thanks!