For decades, almost every Turkish man cultivated a magnificent moustache. And a great number grew beards, as well. Different beards were even emblems of different political affiliations. For example, extreme nationalists wore walrus moustaches. But the reign of the moustache may be over. Barbers are increasingly hearing the words "take it all off." More than half of all Turkish men no longer wear a moustache. Some say being clean-shaven is more modern, others that it is more hygienic. And in many cases, a woman is behind the decision.

metrosexual men getting more and more day by day in Turkey,so no place for hair in their life anymore

I can't stand moustaches !!! especially the ones with bits of food in ------ ooowwwwaaaa

a clean shaven face is always the nicests.

but I hate this new fashion with young men of have these light fluffy beards or not shaving for two days. and I also hate bald heads when they have been shaven. you can always understand who is naturally bald and who shaves.

WHY do men think that woman actually like shaved heads !!! I prefer a mature man who is unashamed of his bald spot and maintains the hair he has got. His confidence shows his beauty !

Turkish men's hair is beautiful!!

I started to think of these advertisements for gilette and philips for their shaving products hahaha!

it would be nice to have a girlfriend on that philips advertisement though

theres a saying in Turkish about hair ''Kılda keramet olsaydı tabakhaneye nur yağardı''by the way God Bless all hairy and shaved ones

Waseem, I am trying..........pls. end Turbanphobia. Time to focus on something else.

enough with this chapter, go on to another topic. Becomes more and more boring!

Hi Waseem - as Mr X says this is a jolly hard expression to translate and after a very funny conversation with my hubby we have found it very difficult to translate but here is what I can tell you !

Nur - light, glory, radiance
yağardı - from to pour
kılda - hairy
tabakhane - tannery where leather is produced
keramet - miracle or God given

as you can see the direct translation is really tough/nonsene. but it means something like this:

If God-given hairiness was useful, then the tannery would be heaven. (because you find a lot of hair/fur in a tannery)

This is the best I can do and this is the reason why I will never get a grip on this language !!!!!

Thanks for the help Lady Cacik ! So, the literal meaning of ''Kılda keramet olsaydı tabakhaneye nur yağardı'' would possibly be, "If miracle was in hair, then divine light would pour abundantly in the tanneries".?

Kafesteki, priceless!!! Ha, ha, ha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NHwLK5O2yw

My fiance recently grew a beard and he looked very manly like the main character in "300" then he shaved it off. I like when a man sometimes has a beard, sometimes a goatie, sometimes moustache, sometimes clean shaven. They look so different, like different men without all the guilt.

HAHAHAHAHAHHA! splendid!!

HA, HA, HA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scz1Ys2rsZQ&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oDMxsW38I

joke or mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Azc_ruLLM&feature=related