I think that most of these people starving for learning Turkish live or is going to live in Turkish.In other words they learn because they need,not they love really.

I have no intention of ever living in Turkey. However, I love the sound of Turkish and well basically I am addicted to learning languages and traveling. I'm sure some day I will return to Turkey to travel and would love to be able to order my food, ask questions and get to know more people with improved language proficiency.

I also disagree with Ex_tacier... Although some people might learn Turkish because it is necessary, I think there are just as many persons who learn for the sake of learning. I learn Turkish simply because I love the language. I started out of curiosity, and continue because I really enjoy it. I also know many persons who are learning because they have Turkish friends or family and would like to speak to them in their own language or because they like languages in general...

I am glad for that I have heard that.I am Turkish and my impression (under the pressure of English) is too different.
To know Turkey and Turkish is not a thing that most does.

By the way you can ask me questions abaout Turkish.I can reply you gladly.

I am learning Turkish because I hope to be living there soon. Most of the Turks I know speak very good English but that is not excuse for me to be lazy! Also - like Capo - I love the sound of the Turkish language.

I learn turkish because I love it! I like the sound , the grammar is very logical and challenging... I have NEVER been there and of course I would NEVER live there either but I just love Turkey and I plan to visit there as a tourist and I hope to be able to speak to turks in TURKISH! that is why I am learning and I am SURE most people here learn for the sake of learning and for their love to the languege! very few learn for business reasons or because they plan to settle there (unless they have a turkish boyfriend/ girlfriend/ husband etc) which is the most frequent reason.
Dilara

im also learnin turkish because i love the sound of it...i ahve many turkish friends and they can all speak good english but i loving learnin their language and i kno they respect me for it...its nice to b able to speak 2 thm in turkish x i have also been 2 turkey and fell in love with the lang, traditions, culture etc.... x not sayin im planning to move there now but i would like to in the future

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I would like to ask you what you like with the sound of Turkish. How does it sound to you?

I left my heart in this post !...
I love the sound of turkısh because for me ( one natıve spanısh speaker) ıt is 'strong' , so dıfferent from spanısh ! call ıt 'exotıc accent' from a foreigner's point of view of course! I think in WOMEN it sounds very HARD but MEN it is very very manly!
I LOVE above all the sounds of the letters Ş ,Ç , C , J they are so beautıful and most of these sounds do not exıst ın spanısh eıther! (although when hearıng I cannot see the dıfference between ' C and J' so I love words lıke 'flower' 'chıldren' 'song' 'soul' ...

Turkısh has a sound that once heard cant be forgotten and ıt sticks ın your head... I say so and I have never been to Turkey ... but when I vısıt there I wıll sıt on the streets JUST to listen to the sound of native turkish accent ... I love this language so much ... no matter how hard it is to learn and one day I will be fluent!! no matter if I am 80 years old!!....sorry I got emotional while writing the last part ...

I cannot understand how being from south america (Chile) living VERY far away , having no turkish roots , boyfriend or relatives and never been in the country I can love it so much and some turks having this wonderful background and culture do not appreciate it!!! BE GLAD OF THE CULTURE YOU HAVE GUYS!!! why do you think so many foreigners have fallen for Turkey??!!!

Dilara.

i am learning turkish because i fell in love with turkey whilst i was over there. i love the country, i love the food, i love the people, i love the language.

i will be returning to turkey soon. and when i do i will be speaking turkish. that is what i have told myself.

although at this point in time, i probably won't live in turkey. howevever, never say never!

also on a side note, i agree with dilara. turkish spoken by a turkish man sounds very manly. which is probably why i keep getting my turkish male friend over here to speak turkish to me, even if i don't understand what he is saying!

It makes me so happy that you think such that.

I also have noticed a marked difference in the way the men sound as they speak. They speak more comprehensible (to me anyway) and their lower vocals make the language so much more sensual. To my untrained ears the language has an arabic french and lulling quality when the men speak, and when the women speak it sounds more asian, crisp and quick.
I fell in love with a turkish man, his accent when he spoke little english, the language when he sent me songs and to the few turkish words he taught me. Very romantic
I continue to learn it. Peace.

Very interesting views. Nice to read. As a Turkish man, I like more the language spoken by Ladies though. I especially like it when it is spoken by little girls (aged 3 to 7). On the other hand, I prefer male voice in Turkish songs mostly.

I love to travel many countries yet I used to feel when people speak in their native language and I find it hard/impossible to know what they are saying it used to annoy me and I'm like "ahhhh got to learn the language! So I ended up trying to learn around 5 languages which got a little be confusing :-S so in the end I dedcided to cut down a little

I love to communicate with others and I never expect anyone to speak my language everywhere I go so it is always good to know other languages. Also when I try to speak to the natives of that country in their language they always smile/shocked to see that I am making an effort and they always kindly correct me if I say it something wrong....it's like it brings the world together

Thats my reason for learning languages

The famous Belgian linguist and adept in 32 languages, John Vandewalia said:" As I examine the function of the Turkish structure, I find out the Turkish Language and chess are quite similiar. Chess has a limited number of rules which are logical and simple. It is possible to learn how to play chess in a short time. Even a seven-year-old boy ca learn chess. Although it has some rules which are easy to learn, the person can play it throughout his life without ever getting bored. There are infinite number of tactics which you can use while playing chess. Considering all these reasons we can say that chess is an ideal game. The same situation holds for the Turkish langugae and this is one of the magnificient features of it" (exracted from Turkish grammar for foreing students by Mehmet Hengirman.)

Do you agree on the above statement. What other features have you noticed with Turkish while learning it.

I have checked it out on the book again. It is spelled wrong there. His name is Johan Vandewalle.