Think "etmek" as , " to perform, to do , to make  "

- Dans   etmek  --> To do [perform]  dance

 - Sabır + etmek --> To be patient.

 You are doing [performing] the act of   "being patient"

 - Af  + etmek  =  You are doing [performing] the act of  "forgiving". 

 - His + etmek =  You are doing [performing] the act of  "feeling" .

 - Kayıp + etmek =  You are doing [performing] the act of "losing".

This is the logic how I would come up with. Turkish people wouldn´t look for a logic in them. Sometimes there is no logical explanation for some things. And natives just use them the way as they learn.

They are   quite  handy elements in Turkish however lately they are becoming a tool of making up new half english half turkish, weird sounding verbs such as :

seyv [save] etmek -  to save

download etmek  = to download

provoke  etmek =  to provoke

imaj  yapmak  = to create a [fancy] image

fit olmak =  to be fit

mastır yapmak = to do master´s degree

Çok iyi , Tomac. Aferin !  Sadece , 2. ve 3. cümlelerin yüklemlerinde küçük düzeltmeler yaptım.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or suffixes.

1) Petrol  al...  için  dur.......  köy..  çok güzel, eski bir  kale..  var..

The village where we stopped for petrol had a beautiful old castle.

2) Atatürk´..  doğ....  Selanik  her  ...  binler..  turist taraf....  ziyaret edil....

Selanik, where Atatürk was born, is visited by tousands of tourists every yer.

3) Okul.  yakın bir  .....  yaşa...  öğretmen okulda  tüm  öğrenciler  taraf.....  sev......

The teacher who lives near the school is liked by all the students in school.

4) O, hakkın..  birçok  kitap yazıl...  ünlü bir  politikacı...

He is a famous politician  about whom many books have been written.

100  üzerinden 100 ! Aferin.

Boşuna nefesini  tüketme [ Don´t waste your breath ]

People say this when they don´ want to listen the person or they think his/her explanation won´t work, he/she can not convince them and it will be just a waste of time.

-Boşuna nefesini tüketme, seni dinlemem.

Don´t waste your breath , I won´t listen to you.

-Boşuna nefesini tüketme, onları inandıramazsın.

Don´t waste your breath, you can´t make them belive.

[ Don´t waste your breath cus you can´t convince them]

-Gözüne uyku girmemek ---> unable to get any sleep because of thinking/worrying/ upsets etc..

Dün gece sabaha kadar gözüme uyku girmedi. --> I couldn´t sleep last night. [ because of worries, thinkings..]

- Gözü üstünde olmak

This is kind of warning ,when you say this, you are warning the person to be careful since you are watching him/her.

Gözüm üstünde ---> My eye is on you  [ I am watching you be careful cus I am watching you, ]

Gözleri senin üstünde --> They are watching you [ Their eyes are on you]

- Dediğinden çıkmamak

People use this phrase to dictate or warn someone to obey what they say without questioning.

  Dediğimden  çıkmayacaksın ---> You will do and listen everything I say.  [ You won´t do anything against what I say to you ]

- Görmek as "to do work,job"

You may hear this idiomatic usage of görmek.

  Artık her işi sen göreceksin.

  From now on, you will do all jobs.