Heidi wht you know about turkish millitary you keep on talkng? do you know anytng about history?...i m not interestd wht yourboyf wht he told you ..first you have to grow whn whn you grow learn smtng real about turkey.. not only about relationshp.. and i see tht.. you are 16 years old but you talk a bit high words..

my husband was 17 when he went in the marines

Rain, I understand that you are only expressing your opinion and thats fine, but you have to understand that other people are just trying to do the same and express their own personal views.

Nobody has said anything against Turkey or the millitary! quite the opposite infact, but for some reason you feel you have to defend Turkey, why?

Saying that Heidi is wrong and that 'all Turkish men want to go to the army' Is a very bold statement to make indeed, and I wonder how you feel that you repressent the voice of 'ALL' Turkish men? From what I can see you are repressenting the opinions of a small minority of Turkey. There are Turkish citizens who love their country, but that doesnt neccessarily mean they want the inconvinience of spending 18 months doing compulsory service, especially when they often have careers, responsibilities and even children.

I have noticed lately, especially in chat that political issues are being bought up constantly! And this thread is a prime example of this. This site is for foreigners who wish to learn Turkish, the fact that so many foreigners are interested in Turkish is an honour to the language! But, I feel there are some members of the site, who seem to think the sole purpose of this site is to infect the mind of foreigners with their fashist, narrow minded, and to some extent racist beliefs!

The stuff I have witnessed in chat lately has been disgusting!

Ya pandora i really respct pple opinion who really like to search learn and try to talk here..But since i came to the this website why i get crzy do know.. coz pple talkng whtout dunno anytng..some 1 told her turkish like this or turkey like this.. thn they come here talkng wht they heard..as a turkish i also say in turkey got bad pple got racist..and i see tht not so many pple here to learn turkish they come here to translte wht their boyf sent mss them.. thts it..pple say we are muslim but they not do anytng pple say we are christian they not do anytng wht i understnd from this?... they come here to learn turkish or to learn how turkish cheating?i see so many msg ..pple write oh so normal its turkish.. dont love turkish men.. whn they write like tht where are ya?oh sorry u cnt see? i was a soldier.. my 2 brother were soldier.. whn mydad sent them to the millitary he said.. im proud no matter you gonna die or not.. i like who learn smtng about turkey if they not understnd they can ask to learn... not directly talk bad..! why others country pple not like tht?whn they not say like us we are so proud to be.. why whn turkish say pple are getting crzy?can i learn this..?i talkng with so many people here from europea usa asia country.. if im racist why i have to talk?..pple go turkey find man at there mybe 5 day they know each other thn if smtng happen turkish are bad.. why they not ask theirslf wht we did they behave us like this or they leave us.. i angry coz they only talkng without nothng..

not so many turkish here thts why u guys talk so good here..i wish here got so many turkish men to let you guys learn about turkey..

no im not trying to express an oppinion im asking you to tell me about it because i cant find anything!!!!!
so dont be saying that its an opinion you need to see the difference between a opinion and a question!!and what you mean i talk big words what???

Thank goodness for Pandora and Elisa - I thought I was starting to go crazy. Seems like ALL of us know nothing about Turkey then. We are all to be judged on other people's requests for translations and it's assumed that we all went on holiday, had a fling with a waiter and now think we know it all !

In turkey who dont have tht and only 1 son in family..they cant go millitary who got sick problem they cnt go... yes some young guys around 16 17 they see tht millitary so hard 18 month have to spend time at there fo the country so they feel hard dont wanna go.. or some young see the life pink colour whn their ages 17 18 so hard leave to go millitary.. thts all.. in myfamily
got 3 soldier they really want be soldier tht time so mch.. coz if we die we direct go paradice this is wht make turkish family send their kids to be army so proudly...i thnk is clearn to understnd..

i dont understand why rain is acting like this when all i asked is that what happens beacuse i want to no seen as my boyfriend is going in soon and he doesnt want to so he hasnt told me about it so i ask you all what happens and i get all of this from rain wow chill out mate