Quoting mltm:

You start or begin to do (or doing) something but in turkish it's always -e başlamak

to start to read.
Okuma-y-a başlamak

to start smoking
Sigara içmeye başlamak

There are a lot of verbs like this:
to try to do: -e çalışmak
to try to read:
Okumaya çalışmak

When you learn a turkish verb, you have to learn it in a sentence. Because the usages aren'T same.

Quoting bod:

Teşekkür ederim için açıklaman

Quoting Elisa:

Can I make a correction here? It should be

Açıklaman için teşekkür ederim

Quoting Elisa:

Better wait till spring or summer before touring with the camels, it's not that nice in the snow