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Learn Turkish for your
holidays or
for study abroad in Turkey with...
Learning Practical Turkish
Online Edition 12.1
The entertaining way of coming to grips with the ancient and modern Turkish language...
Prepare for your Turkish holidays or
study abroad in Turkey -- with the following revolving selection of Turkish language learning topics...
Habibullah Speaks!
Jim and Peri's Blog
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Turkish Movies Catalog -- Sarışın Tehlike (Danger in Blonde)
New Personal Names in Plain-English -- Index/Intro New Male Names (4), New Female Names (4)
Turkish Movies Catalog -- "Desire" is Banu Alkan's name and claim to fame (1985)
Update to: The so-called Turkish verb 'to be'...
For Mother's Day 2008... Salutations of endearment with voice recordings
Turkish Movies Catalog addition -- Hülya Avşar is "The Secretary" (1985) - with film clips -
Turkish Movies Catalog addition -- "Black Murat vs. The Black Pirate" (1977) - with film clip -
Baby-faced actor Yağmur Atacan -- A new entry in the "Turkish Who's Who"
Actor Aytaç Arman -- Updated in the "Turkish Who's Who"
For Spring 2008... New Terms of Endearment voice recordings... never before published
Our 'Route 66' Commercial-Free CD and Broadband Editions -- Build 35!
For Valentines Day 2008... New Terms of Love, Affection, and Endearment with voice recordings
For the New Year 2008... New Terms of Love, Affection, and Endearment with voice recordings
Tarkan, Turkey's King of Pop -- A Christmas Day Album Release (with our English translation of its hit single)
Tuğba Özay, Turkish Supermodel and 'Mafia Moll'
The Turkish Kinsey Report, Part 5
Turkish Movies Catalog -- Kemal Sunal in one of the Şaban comedy film-series.
Still The Best Little Game Show In Turkey
What makes Turks Laugh? Learning Turkish with the help of Turkish humor
"The Confusing Turkish Language" -- starring Maganda (The Lout)
What Wily Turkish Widowers Want, 2/2
What Wily Turkish Widowers Want, 1/2
Yağmur Atacan, 'Incurable Romantic'...Not!
Mature Foreign Bride... this time from Sweden
Turkish Movies, etc. Catalog -- Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım; The Girl with the Red Scarf
Updates to: Our 'Troubles in Turkish Paradise' pages
Updates to: Our 'Honda Power Generator' page
Updates to: The 'Internet Survival Kit' pages
Updates to: The 'Turkish Camping' page
The Top 10 Turkish Movies of All Time
What Merry Turkish Widows Want 2/2
What Merry Turkish Widows Want 1/2
A Real People 'Frikik'...now back online
Turkish Verb Conjugation Pages -- with examples
The Turkish Verb 'to be' -- 3 ways to fake 'to be' in Turkish
Turkish Kinsey Report - Pages 1, 2, 3, and 4
Circumcision Monologues -- A Boy's Worst Nightmare
Sharpen Your Translation Skills -- on these politically incorrect cartoons
'Erotik' Movie History... Öyle Bir Kadın Ki -- The Plot, Illustrated
Teetotaling THY Flight Attendants
want a passenger alcohol-ban
5 things you should do in Turkey
Turkish Movie Star Wars -- in which idioms fly like A-10 Tank Killers!
'Erotik' Movie History: The Players -- Mine Mutlu 4/4
Romance, Love, and Sex Matters in Turkey --
Lovers in the Spotlight
Romance, Love, and Sex Matters in Turkey --
The 'Lying Eyes Club' of Turkey
Bikini Beauty Poll with a surprise result (pictorial)
Personal-names, baby-names, and surnames -- The 'Most Popular' Ones
Still the prettiest woman in Turkish show-biz
To all our previous Blogs...
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Plain English Meaning of Turkish Personal Names
Sevil -- for females
Gülçin -- for females
Ceyda -- for females
Derya -- for males
Derya -- for females
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An extraordinary Turkish Idiom
Al takke ver külah -- to be on very intimate terms
at Idioms Letter-A
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Beginner's Bonanza 'Frequently Asked Questions' about how to learn the Turkish language... |
Others may disagree, but we think that learning Turkish is difficult if
you come from an English-speaking background -- as we do. Consider the following points about the Turkish language...
Then...how can we make it "entertaining" to learn, you ask?
Well for one thing...
at the Learning Practical Turkish Web site,
we'll give you the chance to hear the
Sounds of Turkish --
not just read, what some might call, our dry text.

Still... if for some reason you don't have sound available, then use
our excellent
Turkish Pronunciation Guide
and visit our
Text-intensive, Turkish learning
pages.
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And we're not into theoretical dissertations and jargon-filled lecturing here. We're accustomed to enjoying our Turkish Language Learning to the fullest. Which means... that you'll find us featuring many of the lighter sides of the Turkish language as we lead along the way.
So... if you're interested in the Turkish language and finding out about how it works, please check out the Learning Practical Turkish Web site, and if you have time, let us know what you think of it.
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