Im sorry but the haşema looks like what I used to wear as a kid when it was RAİNİNG!

As for Alameda, I wonder what is stylish and elegant about them. Some of them can be claled stylish because htey seem to try to follow 'trends', but they are far from elegant and I think that is about the point!!

To feel uncomfortable to wear something that shows your flesh because of possible scrutiny, is just turning the world upside down. It is too ridiculous for words that a woman should feel uncomfortable in the presence of a man, that it makes her WANT to dress something like that. Tastes differ, but Im sure you agree with me that most of them look like you are in rainy Holland trying to stay dry on your bike!!

Its one thing that a woman covers her hair, its another that she goes to the beach dressed entirely.


Actually, if I were to be on a beach where women dress like this, they would make ME feel uncomfortable. I would probably feel as if they are looking at me like a western w**** asking to get raped. In fact, I am only enjoying the sunshine (that humans actually need) and the salt of the sea on my body.

If a woman dresses this willingly, she keeps a system where the man has the power over the woman going. If a woman is, maybe without realising it, forced into wearing these, I can only feel sorry for her.

And just for the record: Im a very modest dresser and you would never catch me wearing clothes that show too much of 'private skin'. But this is not a case of modesty and shyness, it goes much deeper into the roots of a way of thinking, that one should stay far away from.

Thank you both It is much appreciated!!

Thank you

Can someone please translate the paragraph below that I need to understand correctly for my essay?

Atatürk'ün dayandığı ilkeler, doğrudan doğruya Türk toplumunun tarihi ve sosyal ihtiyaçlarının, Atatürkün düşÃ¼nce sisteminde somut birer görüş halinde şekillenmesinin ürünüdür. Cumhuriyet devrindeki gelişmelerin her birini, Osmanlı devletini siyasi ve sosyal yapısını oluşturan özelliklerle karşılaştığımızda bunu açık olarak görebiliyıruz.

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Orta Çağ İslam düşÃ¼ncesinde içtihat kapısının kapanmış olması nedeniyle, düşÃ¼nce hürriyetini baltalayan ve sosyal ilerlemeyi köstekleyen skolastik zihniyeti yıkma amacı taşır.


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Im sorry for any typos, Im in a hurry and Im typing it from the türk dili dergisi that i took it from.

THANKS İN ADVANCE!

Well, I think that it was a good change. It did have some down-sides, but Osmanlı Turkish, didnt match the Turkish language at all. It wasnt only Arabic and Persian words that got adapted in the system, but also their grammar rules and their suffixes. So a language filled with strange grammar constructions was constructed. Also, the arabic alphabet, doesnt match the sounds of the turkish language. It lacks letters and made reading nearly impossible. Because barely anyone used diacritic points, You could get sentences such as:

Mehmet paşa oldu
Mehmet Paşa öldü.

Two entirely different meanings, not to mention the word ün, un, on, ön.. There are more than these 3 variations because sometiems an N was also written with the arabic K, and then the U like a Waw, then you can get combinations like evin too. The language was too difficult for the population and the distance between the aydınlar and population, the konuşma and the yazma dili became bigger and bigger. I think the changes were good, though Atatürk did some strange stuff (such as Güneş Dil teorisi and trying to find turkish etymologies for ALL foreing words).

Besides, in Greece the language from the ancient greeks differs much too. I can read ancient greek but not understand modern greek. In Greek highschools I think all students get lessons. Im surprised it is not like this in Turkey, but I think that it is still under the effect of the inkilap.

We sat down outside a fasıl cafe with my parents and Kadir, in one of the small outgoing-streets of Alsancak in İzmir. We ordered rakı and they brought us all kinds of fruit. After some time, they gave the violin to my sister who also plays violon. I dont think I need to mention that the note-system of Turkish violins is way different than ours But it didnt matter that what sheplayed sounded funny, it wsa a night to never forget!

I was called kendimi beğenmiş by a spam-member of this site Wonder how he came to that conclusion by sending just one message. Must be the DUDU X-factor.