edit:
the first London meeting will be on 3.rd December at 6pm in this venue:

Costa Coffee
Shaftsbury Avenue
Picadilly Circus Tube station, exit 4.
From Picadilly circus, make sure Lillywhites in on your right, walk down shaftsbury avenue and the cafe is on the right-hand side.


waseem_uk, has an idea for a meeting for Turkish learners in London. I think this will be great as there are many people in London who learn Turkish as a second language.
I have met some Brits who speak perfect Turkish. It could a good idea to share experiences.

It would be good to arrange a venue specially for this event. Ideally the place should be a cafe like place where people can have a drink while chatting and it would be very encouraging if a few foreigners could make a short speech partly in Turkish.

Probably we will start with a smaller meeting and then will arrange bigger events with better advertisement.

What do you folks think on this? Who is with us?

I am with you on this and would really like to meet as many people as possible. Because I am only a beginner it will inspire me to keep on trying hard - knowing other people have done this!

I think that it's an excellent idea! I live in the midlands but would love to come down for a meet. The idea about everyone giving a little speach is very good! It would be a nice learning task.

Thank you Erdinc for introducing the idea on TurkishClass. It would be great for Turkish enthusiasts to meetup.

We can have some large events, which we can publicise on a large scale. But also, some informal meetups between Turkish speakers and learners. It is a great way of creating some sort of 'Turkish' atmosphere, which can only really be felt in Turkey. An integral part of learning a language is learning the culture too.

So every meeting can be a learning experience and a way to start thinking in Turkish to enhance and consolidate learning.

Any suggestions, venues, times and opinions are welcome.

Evet lutfen.

I think thats a great idea. I'm up for Turkish forums in London. Just when I think my Turkish is improving I stop learning because I don't know where to learn in this city. I'm self taught but want to speak good instead of all broken up.

As for times and venues, I don't mind suggesting Tues/Wed evenings at approx 6.30pm ?? at a cafe near Euston maybe?

I live in West London but thought Euston might be accessible to the masses

Let me know how this progresses.

Vikki scouski03@yahoo.com

what about those who cant make it to london though?? is there no way that we can arrange some online classes?? im sure that this would be greatly appreciated by many

dont worry we will arrange one here istanbul and waiting for you ceyda ehuehuehu...we cant do without you..u know you are indispensible

hehe... ooh please.. thats what they all say

Miss Ceyda,

If you can't make it to London, on a regular basis, you can organise one as close to you and cetral to anyone else attending as possible.

The purpose is to have a 'meetup' and hope that some native speakers also participate.

I have started a yahoogroup for Turkish Meetups. This is to simplify communication amongst those interesed.

Here are the links:

Group name: turkishmeetup

Group home page: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/turkishmeetup

Group email address: turkishmeetup@yahoogroups.co.uk

* Get started now:
View the group home page, post a message, invite members, share files and photos, create group calendar events, share links, create group polls, and more. It's all easy to use.

PS. This is to complement TurkishClass.com and not to replace.