The art of getting by: 10 phrases to know in Turkish
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/the-art-of-getting-by-10phrases-to-know-in-turkish/news
There are some key phrases in Turkish that provide insight into the culture and will surely win over any Turk you encounter.
Turks are famed for their...
Turkish carriers to fly most Russian tourists this season
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-carriers-to-fly-most-russian-tourists-this-season-173977
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Russian authorities have allowed Turkish carriers to launch more flights between the two countries as peak tourism season nears...
My friend is helping her dad after her aunt sadly passed away in Turkey.
Her father and her surviving aunt live in the UK and are the the sole inheritors of her estate, both in her Turkish will and according to Turkish law.
In Turkey they would prove their family relationship to their deceased...
Turkey suspends free medical treatment for Syrians
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/09/turkey-suspends-free-medical-treatment-syrians
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New measures restrict the entry of Syrian patients to Turkey by canceling free treatment in its state hospitals and forcing them to pay the...
Surprisingly, Turkish tea is comparatively young in contrast to the thousands of years of history. Some reports state that Turks sold and eaten tea only after 400 B.C., but tea was not common in Turkey until the 1900s.
Between 1888 and 1892, Bursa made the very first attempt to cultivate tea...
Other than Rental Car, can a non-Turkish drive a car with Turkish
number plates ?....
For example, If I borrow a neighbor's car and drive this in Turkey, is this allowed ?..........
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I'm sharing my experience here with Turkish, hoping that others can chime in & suggest perhaps what worked best for them in learning or "getting upto speed" on the language. We have noticed though that there are more locals speaking English than we encountered last year...
Yesterday saw me reach another milestone which I never thought about when I moved out here all those years ago.
I visited the SGK place in Manavgat 3 months ago to check out the contributions that had been paid in since I took my Turkish Citizenship back in 2000 as I've worked full-time ever...
I see a press report that The President has just had a pay rise taking his pay to 88,000TL. Is that per month, or per year?
https://www.duvarenglish.com/politics/2020/10/21/erdogan-raises-salary-by-8-3-percent-days-after-urging-citizens-to-show-patience-in-face-of-financial-problems/
I am...
A 48-year-old man has been found to have lived his whole life with an orange-colored Turkish ID, given only to women, when he was taken to hospital after getting injured in a fight in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district...
Turkish government demanded that social media sites, like Facebook, set up offices in Turkey that will be accountable if the law is broken. The threat is that if they do not comply, their ability to operate in turkey will be throttled by denial of bandwidth.
Today, Facebook has said it will not...
I forgot to post the link seen this about 2 weeks ago. There was a survey that asked if the uk was a friendly nation. The out come was only six percent, thought so.
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Turkish and Lebanese: Delicious Turkish Recipes and Lebanese Recipes in One Amazing Mediterranean Cookbook (2nd Edition).
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Here is a Preview of the Turkish and Lebanese Recipes You Will Learn...
A Turkish student has been accepted to the Edison Regional Gifted Center, a school for gifted students in the U.S., with a full scholarship, for the first time in history.
In the school’s admissions exam, from which only 28 successful students were accepted, 3,500 students competed, while...
Turkish troops have invaded Greece and occupied a small patch of land on their contested border.
Around 35 soldiers marched on to a floodplain site on the east bank of the River Evros at Melissokomeio yesterday.
Turkish soldiers and police special forces now have a solid presence within the...
I wanted to share about https://www.turkishtextbook.com, a free online resource that I created for Turkish language learners. It has explanations on pronunciation and grammar as well as a few cultural topics.
The focus of the articles on TurkishTextbook.com is topics that don't get explained...
For those of you learning Turkish, what has been the hardest concept for you to learn?
For me, the hardest thing was probably figuring out all the ways that the -mış ending gets used.