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Turkish	English	Examples, supplements, and explanations
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facia	[a] calamity, tragedy
Fas (Fas or Faslı, Arapça)	Morocco (a Moroccan person/thing, the language of Morocco [Arabic])
faşist	fascist	faşizm; fascism faşizm'in tarihi belgeseli; historical documentation of fascism
Federal Soruşturma Bürosu [FSB] (Only on CD)	Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
Fırat Nehri (14k bytes)	The Euphrates River	...originates in Turkey and flows along the borders of the country's Adıyaman, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa provinces. It is an important source of water for both Syria and Iraq.
Filipinler (Filipinli, Filipince/İngilizce)	[the] Philippine Republic or [the] Philippines (a Philippine person/thing, the languages of the Philippine Republic [Filipino/English])	Map of the Philippines in Turkish Left click for image enlargement.
Filistin (Filistinli)	Palestinian territory ([a] Palestinian person/thing)	Filistin Halk Kurtuluş Cephesi (FHKC); Peoples Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) -- a terrorist organization... In the News: 23 October 2001, the Palestinian Authority (led by Chairman Arafat) outlaws the Peoples Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- due to PFLP responsibility for the assassination last week of the Israelli Tourism Minister ...
Finlandiya	Finland
firkateyn	[a] frigate [ship]	In the news: 12 October 2001, in support of the 'War on Terror', Australian frigates join British and American naval forces in the Gulf of Oman...
fişlemek	to make a card index file to create an intelligence data base	fişleme; creating a card index or data base file In the news: 12 March 2004... DYP Leader, Mehmet Ağar speaks out against Army plans to create an intelligence data base on certain categories of Turkish citizens (ie. those in 'High Society' -- or those with strong European or US ties). 17 March 2004... Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Hilmi Özkök says the matter is a mistake that arose due to an internal-procedures mixup.
Floransa	Florence [city of the 'Renaissance' in Italy]	Among the most famous of the city's giants are Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Machiavelli, Galileo, and its most renowned rulers, the generations of the Medici family.₆₆
Fransa (Fransız, Fransızca) (Only on CD)	France (a French person/thing, the French language)	Emmanuelle Fransa'dandır. Emmanuelle is from France. De Tocqueville bir Fransız'dı. De Tocqueville was a Frenchman. Siz Fransızca konuşabilir misiniz? Can you speak French?
futbol	soccer/football Top 3 favorite teams of Turkey Left click for image enlargement and legibility.	In the news: The top 3 favorite Turkish soccer/football teams, according to the polls... The polling company, Veri Arıştırma (Data Research), has settled the argument...for now, at least. Learn all about the polling results in the photo-article at left. Gözcü Gazetesi, 13 March 2005
füze	rocket, missile

Turkish Newspaper Readers Encyclopedic Dictionary 'F'

Turkish Newspaper Readers
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