I personally don't see loan words in Turkish as foreign words. I see them as Turkish words. I think any word that has become a part of our language is Turkish, no matter its origin. I would say lokanta is Turkish.

Similarly 'televizyon, telefon, doktor, ambulans' etc. are all Turkish. These are Turkish words from other origins. Their origin is not Turkish but the words are.

We have given the foreign words a new sound, a new space to exist and grow and a new soul. Many words that have been taken from foreign languages have a wider usage in Turkish than they have in their original language. We have constructive suffixes in our language to build new words from existing words. These suffixes apply also to almost all load words. To give you an example, we have, "lokanta > lokantacı > lokantacılık" and "futbol > futbolcu > futbolculuk".

If 'lokanta' is not Turkish, are you suggesting that 'lokantacılık' is not Turkish either? I would like to hear if a native Italian can tell me the meaning of "lokantacılık' without checking the Turkish dictionary.

For instance the Turkish word 'pas' is from English origin (to pass). We use it in the same meaning as they do in English. We say "Beckham, Lampard'a pas verdi".

to pass: Sports. "To transfer a ball or puck to a teammate." http://www.answers.com/pass

But 'pas' is a Turkish word. As soon as we took it from another language it became independent. Loan words have an independent life within Turkish. Therefore we can say "kız bana pas verdi" which would be impossible to guess for an English speaker.

Even though we took some nouns from foreign languages we have taken them for inspiration. Not just to copy them as they are.

Many words in English are from other origins such as Latin and French. Would you say these kind of words are not English?

For instance is the word "student" English? Is "school" English? Is "pencil" English? Are you suggesting that "student, school, pencil" and thousands of more words that native English speakers use, are not English, or are you suggesting that these English words are from other origins?

Sorry to add my two peneth worth but aren't European Lanugauges, French, English, Spanish, Italian derived from Latin and that is where the similarities occur with volcabulary? Sorry this is not to answer the original but perhaps to answer some of the thread below.

Other man who are playing cards, having a chat or drinking a tea would freeze and would stare at your girlfirend like they were seeing a girl for the first time. I think eveybody would stop doing what they are doing and would be focused on you.

Of course this is only so in the traditional places.