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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 ?..........

Greetings folks!:28: 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.

Currently free for Amazon Kindle. Obviously check the price before buying as PRICES WILL CHANGE. Turkish and Lebanese: Delicious Turkish Recipes and Lebanese Recipes in One Amazing Mediterranean Cookbook (2nd Edition). LINK 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.

I understand that as a foreigner my Turkish partner would be unable to drive my m plate car. I also realise that if I were to buy a car and register it in his name the car would be legally his. Does anyone know if it’s possible to go to a notary and get some form of document or contract drawn...

The show is based on the history of the Muslim Oghuz Turks and takes place in the 13th century. It centres around the life of Ertuğrul, the father of Osman I, who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Resurrection Ertugrul Season 1 Episode 1 - YouTube You may need to turn subs on. There are...

Are you in the UK and want to get back to your Turkish home. Well there is a facebook group set up to fly back from the UK to Dalaman. They have the chance to book a plane(none commercial) to fly from Stansted to Dalaman on the 13th May. The flight is being managed by a reputable travel...

Today is my 65 birthday, my husband and I live in Side, and today was our monthly bank day. Garanti bank sets the date for us, when we arrived today, security and the manager would not let us in. We were told to go back to the hotel (we told them we live here), have had an account with them...

Hi to all can anyone enlighten me on the Visa problem I have been told that you don't need a visa to enter Turkey if this is true how long can you stay as we was hoping to move out to live there for a year if not longer as we are now retired any information will be greatly appreciated. Gaz &...

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-51747282/brawl-erupts-in-turkish-parliament-over-syria-military-action Fighting broke out in Turkey's parliament after an MP criticised President Erdogan over the country's military intervention in Syria. Engin Ozkoc, an opposition lawmaker, accused the...

Hi all, I thought you may want to check out an interview Nisan Ak, who is from Istanbul. She is a conductor who was recently named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 and she is becoming very famous in Turkey now. She talks about life in Istanbul vs NYC etc on Beauty Is Eternal Podcast.