I´m from Belgium & because Turkey is absolutely awesome (:

-wants to live there-

Ben Manchester´de yaþýyorum.

Türkçeyi oðreniyorum çünkü Türkiye, Türkler ve Türkçe çok güzel sanýrým.

Birkaç yýl Türkiye´de yaþmak ve calýþmak istiyorum.

I live in Manchester

I am learning Turkish because I think Turkia, Turkish people and the Turkish language are great.

I want to live and work in Turkia for several years

I´m learning Turkish because I have Turkish friends and a boyfriend (probably the main reason is him, really). Also, if things go well with the relationship, I´ll be moving to Turkey within the next couple years so I´m trying to get a head start just in case . I do love the country (I´ve been there before and, in my head, never really left) and the culture and want to be able to understand more of it. I´m in the USA.

I am from the evil US and I am learning Turkish so that I can one day take over Turkey and turn it into another bastian of western excess! 

 this is an invalid reason

 I WILL take over Turkey, Sui....and you will be my loyal subject!

 ehmmm i cant tell anything about that without hearing your offers miss

 I will PM you with my offer.  All of my favorite citizens will be taken care of ...... that is all I can tell you!  I don´t want to attract too many dudus! 

Finally some truth!

 Well done Elizabeth!!  You go girl!

Would wanting to exercise the handful of neurons slacking around in my head a good reason to study Turkish too? There has to be some mental benefit to studying it (one would hope). I´m hoping it´ll ward off Alzheimer better than doing Sudoku. Did I say I´m hoping it´ll ward off Alzheimer ....?

I´ve always thought it would be cool to know a language from a different family of languages than indo-european, sort of forcing yourself to think out of the box and deal with structures that are different than what´s in one´s mother tongue. Of course, the Turkish delight makes it all the more interesting and fun

 Ah! - so your real reason has now been exposed

Yeehawwww! I´m from Texas. I used to love barbecue and steak. After visiting Istanbul, my new love is for iskender kebap and pide. I´m learning Turkish to embrace the culture on a deeper level. I hope to be with my better half sometime next year. Until then, I´ll be in class.

I´m not learning Turkish.....

 Maybe the question "why are you hanging around TC" would be a better one then Trudy!!!

 Your fabulous fashion posts of course....

That reminds me - I´ve not made such a post for a while.......

Today´s outfit is interesting enough that it probably deserves a piccy later