Learn Turkish: Şimdi sözlüğe bakıyorum. - I am looking at the dictionary now.

This is an example of consonant mutation. The root word is sözlük (dictionary). When we add the dative suffix -e (to/at), the suffix starts with a vowel. In Turkish, when a word ends in -k and gets a vowel suffix, the k softens into a ğ (yumuşak ge). So, sözlük + e becomes sözlüğe.

The translation says "looking at", but doesn't the suffix -e usually mean "to"?

Yes, it does! However, in Turkish, the verb bakmak (to look) requires the dative case (the "to" direction). You don't look at something in Turkish; you look to it. That's why we say sözlüğe bakıyorum (literally "I am looking to the dictionary").

How do the suffixes on bakıyorum break down?

It starts with the verb root bak- (look). Then we add the present continuous suffix -ıyor (which means the action is happening right now, like "-ing" in English). Finally, we add the "I" personal ending -um. Put together: bak- + -ıyor + -um = bakıyorum (I am looking).

Could I put şimdi (now) at the end of the sentence instead?