1. I find two different formings of pluperfect in Turkish. One is inferential + di-past: Öğretmen işi bırakmıştı. The other one has a double -di-suffix: Öğretmen işi bıraktıydı. What is the difference? Is it about the hearsay meaning of –miş-?

ben seni anliyorum - I understand you

ama bazan çok kiricisin - but sometimes you are very hurtful

seninle evlenme nedenimi sorguluyorsun - are you you are questioning my reason to marry you

peki sen neden benimle evlenmek istiyorsun - okay then why do you not want to marry me?

senden kaç yaş küçüğüm, neden, sen cevap ver - I am much younger than you, why (do you want to marry me), you (should) answer

anlaşamiyoruz iletişimimiz çok zayif 

we can´t reach an agreement, our communication is very poor

Christmas is not a festivity whose celebration is enforced by civil laws in any country. Turkia is no exception. Though a great majority of people celebrate the day for religious reasons, some people may have other reasons.

1. Against the contrary belief, Turkia is not a Moslem country. Turkish citizens belong to a variety of faiths, one of which is Christianity. It s therefore perfectly normal. (a)for those Christian citizens to  follow this established custom of their religion, and (b) for non Christian citizens to share the joy of their Christian neighbors on this peaceful and jubilant occassion.

Only few idiots remain unable to share this universal joy and think within narrow limits of "We are all moslems here; why feel jubilant on Christmas?". The saddest part for me is that these idiots justify their negative stand via Islam, as if Islam can ever be against the celebration of Jesus´s birthday, for Jesus is a prophet according to Holy Quran.

2. On more pagan side; Christian or not, Turkish citizens have another very good reason to celebrate Christmas. The most colorful character of the occassion, Santa Claus is a Turk, a very old friend of my great-great grand fathers´ ....Believe it or not !

My try as learner:

saolasn kado hepımızın yenı yılı hayırlara vesıle olsunn

sağ olasın kado, hepimizin yeni yılı hayırlara vesile olsun

Thank you, kado (I don´t know what "kado" means), let our new year(*) lead to good / benefits.

(* - literally "new year of all of us")

saolasın canım benim sanda çoook mutlu ve başarı dolu yıllar

sağ olasın, canım benim, sana da çoook mutlu ve başarı dolu yıllar

Thank you, my dear, maaany years full of happiness and success for you too(*)

(* I´m not sure if "for you too" part is linked with "many years" or with "thank you"; so it may be "thank you too, my dear") your translation is correct

Ahh hoşgeldiniz o zaman!! Happy to hear that everything went right! Afiyet şeker olsun ve mutlu yeni yıllar!!

Thank you for the replies.

But they raise another question......why does ´gibi´ get the -dir suffix added?