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Turkish Newspaper Readers Encyclopedic Dictionary 'Ş' For English-speakers who wish to understand Turkish Newspapers World regions, bodies of water, land masses, mountain ranges, countries, cities, nationalities and languages -- plus notable persons, places, and things from current events and modern history, politics, art, law, business, etc. If you don't find the names, terms, or phrases you need here... click to let us know and we'll add them. Site visitors may navigate the News Reader pages using the News Readers Index Page. Turkish English Examples, supplements, and explanations Ş     Şam (14k bytes) Damascus [Syria] Map of Damascus in Turkish Left click for image enlargement. Şanghay (14k bytes) Shanghai [China] Believe it or Not! Due to an odd set of circumstances, this is the birthplace of LPT's webmaster. Şanlı Urfa or Şanlıurfa (Only on CD) a southwestern province of Turkey on the border with Syria Map of Şanlı Urfa in Turkish Left click for image enlargement. şansölye (Only on CD) chancellor   şarbon (Only on CD) anthrax A deadly disease of sheep and cattle transferrable to humans. şartsız teslim (Only on CD) unconditional surrender   'şer ekseni' 'axis of evil' ...the term coined by President Bush (the younger) in the run-up to the Second Gulf War (2003) -- to describe the regimes (in Iraq, Iran, and North Korea) most antipathetic to American/Western interests at the time... şeriat (10k bytes) [the] Shari'a, Islamic law, canon law Law that is laid down in the Holy Koran. şeriatçı; an Islamic fundamentalist (sb who favors having the Shari'a as the law of the land) şiddet (Only on CD) violence   Şii See entry in the Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire.   Şili (Şilili, İspanyolca) (Only on CD) Chile (a Chilean person/thing, the language of Chile [Spanish])   şövenizm (Only on CD) chauvinism ...is excessive and unreasonable patriotism, similar to 'jingoism'. The word comes from the name of a French soldier (Nicolas Chauvin) who retained a simpleminded devotion to Napoleon and all things military -- which was typical among veterans of Napoleon's armies after 1815.66