I've just heard wanderful news: two of my Turkish friends are getting married!
None of us noticed they were fall in love, but it happened and - at their earliest convenience they are going to get married and the the wedding ceremony will probably be held in our hotel.
You already know what I'm going to ask you: I would, of course, like to wish them long and happy marriage, lots of mutual love and respect, many children and so on, but it should be on Turkish and at Turkish manner, so I have to ask for help again.
Please?

I mean as for example
- pebble found under bright turquoise water of Southern sea
- sea shell taken from the deep and given as a present
- smile of litle boy, selling "simits" all day at the hot bach, when you give him a coin...

No, freshman, money can't buy everything.
Try to buy hapiness with money.

Books, CDs, silver ring and alot of HELVA, especially "fıstıklı"!
But I prefer souvenirs which you couldn't buy with money...

Thanks for so detailed explanation, Daydreamer
This is one of my favorite Turkish idioms.

My pleasure, Bliss, bir şey değil, Daydreamer
All for poetry, poetry for all!
Slavica/Sibel

Beautiful poem, Anto, congratulations!
Daydreamer's right, it would be great to have it in Turkish too.
For admirers of Nazim Hikmet, there is a link for one of his very good pages:

http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~sibel/poetry/nazim_hikmet.html

Thanks, Anto, for "activating" this old Forum post (I think it was my first)and thanks everyone for contribution in giving poetry the place which it deserves.
I hope that all of us one day will enjoy reading Turkish poetry in its own language.

Thanks, Konat, for beautiful poem and useful informatins for us, poetry lovers.
Only I like Admin's translation more, maybe becouse I read it first.

You're welcome, Freshman
Don't forget that you are the first classmate who welcomes me when I've joined TC (after Admin, of course), and I'm very grateful for it.
Girls, I can't follow you.
I'm still not able to talk with my Turkish friends, SMS and e-mail is the only way for our communication.
Anyway, thanks.
I'm sure that your suggestions will be useful for other clasmates

Thanks, Freshman,
As I said, for me it's not important to know exact pice, just wanted to be sure that sendinSMS will not cost my friends too much.
By, the way, did you finish with repairing of your room?
HoşÃ§akal,
Slavica

Thanks, SHT, I'm glad to hear it.
You heleped me very much.