Hello everyone,

I came to Northern Virginia last week for my education. And I want to speak with someone in here. I can teach Turkish and improve my verbal skill in English. If anyone interested it, just leave me a message.

Thank you.

I just thought that writing each other is also good for me. Not better than speaking but also a good thing So, if anyone wants to chat in English or Turkish, please contact me.

Thank you.

It´s been 1 year since I came here and wrote this message. However, I only met one person, who was not really in Northern Virginia, but we met and had a nice day together. We went to Air and Space Museum, went to ocean shore, which was the first time in my life , and went to a mall. In dinner time I cooked Turkish rice and ate it with other things. Then I made Turkish tea after dinner It was nice. If anyone wants to meet me, please leave a message.

Thank you.

İ would love to.... but i dont like Turkish rice .

I do like Turkish rice! ... But I live in Holland...

I dont think it would be so hard to find turkish rice in Holland

 If you know how to make it you can have turkish rice anywhere 

I can cook many other Turkish meals too

Faruk is an amazing guy, and he is a very good teacher. i met him last year, his english vocabulary is very good, although i haven´t spoken with him on skype, but i know, he is very supportive and will teach anyone

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.

Hello Mavili.

Thank you for the reply.  I think I may know a couple of people from that group of Turkish learners. I have not met with the group, but based on my experiences in the past, such groups tend to switch to their native language when they meet. While this can be a nice social experience, it rarely constitutes a meaningful language practice.

I wonder what your experience with that group was. Do you mind sharing? Out of curiousity, why did you decide to learn Turkish?

P.S. I was aware that the thread was old when I posted my message, but I saw Faruk´s messages in other forums dated last November and thought he might still be around. 

Faruk is still around. if memory serves me right I have seen him around not long ago

Ah okay cool, I guess I had just been missing posts from Faruk

From the start, ive been learning Turkish for my BF who is Turkish but he lives in Turkey so its sort of a distance relationship but we´ve been a couple for about a year and 4 months now. He knows a fair amount of English already so all our communication has been in that so far. But its limited, there´s still much he would not know how to say with English. Plus for my own satisfaction to know I can accomplish something I set out to do.

I understand it´d be easy to feel left out if you met up with those Turks, and they started to chat in Turkish but it goes faster than you can still comprehend as a learner. Though even if I felt left out, Id still listen for anything I could understand. Thats why I sometimes will watch the chat here if there are people  writing in Turkish and try to see what all I can understand based on what Ive been learning.

Though when it comes to speaking practice, well Ive basically only had some practive with the bf but over msn, but we still mostly use English.

Ive not been able to go to any of the meets yet of That group because most of the activities are are in N. Va, which, while only about an hour drive, I´m kind of a afraid to go there alone as I am not familiar with the area. But maybe one day!

I am here, still alive My last post is dated back to November 2011 but I check the site regulary.

About this topic, I needed to update it a few months ago, however, I was never expecting anyone to respond it. For those who wants to practice/learn Turkish in Northern Virginia area, I have returned to Turkey. Sad but true (After writing these last words, the song is playing in my head!)

I now only teach/practice on this website and MSN Messenger. Anyone willing to ask any questions, practice Turkish can send me a message. I will be glad to help.

Thank you!

Good to know you are still around the site I hope you enjoyed your stay in America, while you were attending class. Thanks for the offer for Turkish. Even if we can´t meet you in person, every little bit of assistance is appreciated.

Herkese teşekkür ederim. I feel very welcome here. 

Mavili:

Long distance relationships are not easy and it is impressive that you handle yours so well. I could accompany you to one of the meetings of that group, if you ever decide to join them. I am curious to see if the people I know will be there.

Faruk:

I hope you enjoy your life there in Turkey; I certainly would. 

I guess, I will sign up for the class then. Do you ever teach over Skype? After I complete the class in May, I think I will still need some practice. We could exchange contacts over PM so that we can discuss it in a couple of months. I do not MSN, but I have facebook.

Ah Lingwhizka, that would be great, having another English speaking buddy to go to those Turkish meet ups with would be wonderful That way when we get better using Turkish, but for moments we don´t need to use it, we´ll have English to chat with each other.

Mavili, I have sent you a private message with my contact information. Let me know when you would like to meet with the group.