Herkese merhaba,

It´s been, again, a long time since I updated this topic Since that time I personally met with Cody (the person commented above and we had a great 5 days together. You can ask him. There is another person that I will go and visit, hopefully.

Anyway, if you are living in DC area, Northern VA, Maryland, or somewhere close, we can meet, speak Turkish, maybe eat Turkish food, and have a good time.

You can reply this post or send a private message to contact me.

Görüşürüz

 I live in Virginia but unfortunately not the northern part  

Well, the person I have met was also not from the Northern part. I drove to Norfolk and we spent a good time as I have told in first posts.

But anyway, it is not necessary to live in this area. Anyone who wants to practice or want someone to teach Turkish can contact me. I also teach online. Well, I only teach online now

Teşekkürler

Hi Faruk,

I admire your effort to teach I don´t like rice, I don´t live in the States and I can speak Turkish. I would like to meet you though  

Well, thank you for admiring me. I try to teach when I have time and I never keep the relationship formal between my students and I. I try to be friend with them. That´s better. If you would like to meet with me, you should wait for me to come to Istanbul or you can come here I have some Turkish tea. I hope you like tea.

Hello,

I was wondering if you´re still available for teaching.

Thanks

    Faruk I must say that this is so cool that you want to meet and help people the way you do. Sadly for me I cant meet you I live to far away in Michigan, but never the less it would be great if there was someone localy that could help me learn the language. I have always had a very hard time learning languages (I failed all my courses throught my schooling  lol) Im hoping to be able to learn Turkish since my best friend lives in Istanbul and it would be nice to have a conversation with him in Turkish. Anyway good luck to finding people you can visit in your area and with teaching  Keep on searching I know you´ll be able to find people.

@Sogoli

Yes, I am, most of the time right now. How may I help?

@izzydare

Thank you! Well, it´s been 2 years but I had no results... Maybe there is no one wants to learn Turkish in this area But I have hope. Maybe one day I will come to Michigan, don´t leave anywhere Take care.

Your welcome Faruk lol I am surprised that you havent had any results! That is really a shame, keep your hopes up  Also if you ever do get to Michigan (and of course if Im still here ) I deffinitely would not mind meeting you. Take care!

What a coincindence! I live in DC area, I speak some Turkish, and I love Turkish food.  In fact, I cook Turkish food fairly often and my husband and daughter love it. 

I am looking for people/ways to practice my Turkish. At the moment I am trying to decide wether to pursue formal classes or practice informally with a tutor or friends. I would describe my level as intermediate to advanced. Bunu aslında türkçe yazabilirdim. Bir yerde görüşüp istediklerimin hakkında konuşalım mı? Ne dersiiniz?

merhaba Lingwhizka. I should point out that this topic was started back in 2009, and I think the last update from Faruk was February 2011? So Im not really sure if he´s still active on the site.

But as it happens, I actually live in Maryland, and fairly close to D.C. (closer to DC than to Baltimore even!) Also pretty regualar on this site and..also learning Turkish since last June.

I actually know of a Turkish speaking/learning group that meets up around NoVa, at various restaurants and such, of which Im sort of a member. If you´d like to know more, or chat feel free to PM me. 

I know that in my part of MD, there is very little Turkish culture representation, though i have met two people from Turkey who own their own businesses here in my neighborhood. But i feel like Id be disturbing them for some reason.