Learn Hardcore Turkish: Şofben çalışmıyor, sürgüyü kapatıp tekrar deneyeceğim. - The water heater isn’t working; I will close the latch and try again.

Şofben is an instant water heater (on-demand heater), a loan from French “chauffe-bain.” It’s common in Turkey, especially for bathroom hot water. Related terms:

Kombi: a combi boiler that heats both water and radiators.
Termosifon: a storage-type electric water heater. Spelling variants like şohben exist, but şofben is standard.

How do I pronounce the tricky letters in this sentence?

Ş: like English “sh.”
Ç: like “ch.”
Ğ (yumuşak g): it lengthens or glides; it’s not a hard g sound. Often it just lengthens the previous vowel.
ı (dotless i): like the vowel in “roses” or a relaxed “uh,” not like English “ee.”
ü: like German ü/French u, rounded front vowel.

Approximate pronunciations:

Şofben: shof-ben
çalışmıyor: cha-lɯsh-muh-yor (ɯ = dotless ı)
sürgüyü: syr-GYU-yu (ü as in French u)
kapatıp: ka-pa-tɯp
tekrar: tek-rahr
deneyeceğim: de-ne-ye-jee-im (with a slight length before ğ)

Why is the present continuous used in çalışmıyor to mean a current state?

Turkish commonly uses the present continuous (-yor) to describe current states/conditions, not just ongoing actions. Çalışmıyor means “it’s not working (right now),” which fits a present condition.