´Şeytanın bacağını kırmak ´ is a saying

 literally " to break Satan´s leg" which means " to turn one´s luck around , overcome a bad   luck or ill fortune "

Example :

-- 3 kez girdiğim sınavı kazanamadım ama bu sefer şeytanın bacağını kıracağım.

-- I couldnt pass the exam that I took three tımes before, but this time I will turn my luck around.

-- Bizim takım hep iyi oynuyor ama yeniliyor. Ama bu maçta şeytanın bacağını kıracağız.

-- Our team always play well but loses. But we will overcome our bad luck with this match.

British singer Amy Winehouse found dead

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Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her flat in north London, police said. She was 27 years old.

The soul singer struggled with drink and drug addictions. Her death is being treated as unexplained.

"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square shortly before 4:05 pm (1505 GMT) today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased," a police statement said.

"On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."

Winehouse pulled out of a recent comeback tour following a disastrous performance in Serbia.

The singer initially pulled out of festival shows in Istanbul and Athens but her management then cancelled all her remaining gigs

Note :its so sad to lose such an incredible talent at only 27 . I liked her voice. RIP Amy. [ Huzur içinde yat Amy]

" Bir musibet bin nasihatten iyidir " ---> This is a proverb that literally means :

" One disaster [bad thing] is better than 1000 advices "

There are some people who dont listen when other people advices them repeatedly..Those people dont want to change their bad or dangerous behavious by just other people"s advices until something bad happens to them. When the disaster hit them, they take lesson and they change their behavious. So sometimes we need bad thing happen to us to take lesson from it  and not to  make same mistake.

Example : Say, A Mom tries to get her little boy to stop running and jumping on the furniture before he hurt himself. But the boy doesnt listen..His Dad also tells him to stop..but he still take no notice of them. Finally he falls on his leg and breaks his leg. After that incident he never runs and jumps on the furniture again. The terrible incident [breaking his leg] taught him lesson, therefore that incident was much more effective than his parent´´s words for him to stop it.

The nearist proverb in english for this one would be " A burnt child dreads the fire "

THE VERB " SARMAK"

1. to wrap around

   Doktor koluma sargı sardı. ----> The doctor wrapped the bandage around my arm.

   doktor = doctor

   kol [arm] -- kolum [my arm] --- koluma ---[to my arm]

   sargı [bandage]

   sar [to wrap]---sardı [he/she wrapped]

2. to spread , to take over

   Yabani otlar tüm bahçeyi sardı -----> The weeds has spread all over the garden.

                                                      The weeds took over all over the garden.

   Karıncalar bütün mutfağı sardı -------> The ants took over all over the kitchen.

3. to interest, to excite, to give pleasure  [ as a slang]

    O film beni sarmadı ---> That film didnt excite me.

    Beyzbol beni hiç sarmaz ---> Beyzball never interests me.

4. to surround

    Köylüler etrafımızı sardı ---> The villagers surrounded [around] us.

   Birlikler köyün etrafını sardı ---> The troops surrounded the village.

5. to clothe, to put on

    Şu şalı üstüne sar. ---> Put this shawl on you.

Trabzon welcomes Euro Youth Olympics

Turkey is ready for hosting its first event of Olympic status, as some 3.000 athletes will participate in the 11th edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival in Trabzon. Authorities believe the province is ready for the event

The mascot for the 11th edition of the European Youth Olympics Festival is anchovy, the fish which the northwestern city of Trabzon is known to have a fondness for.

 

The most talented young athletes from 49 countries will compete for gold in Trabzon from July 24 to July 29, as Turkey prepares to host the European Youth Olympic Festival for the first time.

Following an opening ceremony Saturday, the 11th edition of the Youth Olympic Festival, known by its initials EYOF, will begin Sunday with nearly 3,000 athletes, the event’s largest number of participants in the games’ history, competing for victory.

 Trabzon Mayor Dr. Orhan Fevzi Gümrükçüoğlu said the province was prepared to host the event, the first time Turkey has staged an Olympic competition.

“This is a historical opportunity for Trabzon and the city is doing its best to make the most out of this opportunity,” he said. “I urge Trabzon residents to show their hospitality in accordance with the Olympic spirit.”

 “European youth will be welcome in our city and they will be hosted in our Olympic Village in the best possible way,” said the games’ general manager, Nihat Doker.

The head of the EYOF 2011 Trabzon Coordination Commission, Jozef Liba, believes Trabzon will be able to host the events successfully.

“I believe that the organization will be the best one in the history of the European Youth Olympic Festivals,” Liba said.

It is a biennial, multi-sport event for youth athletes from the 49 member countries of the Association of European Olympic Committees. EYOF has a summer edition, which was held for the first time in Brussels in 1991, and a winter edition, which began two years later in Aosta. EYOF is the only all-European multi-sport event.

Turkey’s young Olympic team

The Turkish squad, consisting of 140 athletes, 68 of whom are female, will compete in all nine categories at the event, including basketball, handball, volleyball, athletics, cycling, judo, tennis, swimming and gymnastics. Turkey has previously participated in eight of the 10 games; its most successful campaign was the 2009 edition in Tampere, Finland, when Turkish athletes won four gold, one silver and six bronze medals.

Turkey’s medal hopes focus on volleyball in team sports, and it is the only team sport in which Turkey has ever won a team gold in the games’ history. Standing in their way, however, is Russia, which has won the competition six times.

In men’s volleyball, the dominant side is Poland, who has won both of gold medals when the sport was included in the games.

In individual sports, athletics is one of Turkey’s strong points. Turkey’s athletes have won 12 medals in athletics to date. Judo follows track and field events with 10 medals

Note : Good for Trabzon City ! I love it there. Its such a beautiful city.

 Tamam. Özür dilerim sorduğum için.

 " Az önce profilinde bir video gördüm. Video´dakilerin  PKK mensubu olduklarını farkettim.[ Giysilerinden açık bir şekilde anlaşılıyor ] PKK´yı sevip sevmediğini sorabilir miyim ? "

 it depends on the context .

General meaning of the verb " Muhatap olmak " is " To have a question directed to oneself"

but in your case;

muhatap ol + ma [ i take this suffix as negatif ending] =  do not talk to me , him,her

1. do not talk with someone

 Benimle muhatap olma = Do not talk to me.

 Onunla muhatap olma = Do not talk to him/her.

 Bizimle muhatap olma = Do not talk to us.

 Onlara muhatap olma = Do not talk to them.

2. do not adress to someone

  Benimle muhatap olma = Dont adress to me.

The word " muhatap " is arabic origin word, "hitap = adress, hitap etmek = to adress to somebody " " muhatap= the person who is adressed"

 Oh sorry, I focused on translation so badly that I couldnt realize it..Anyways, in my opinion  the easiest and cheapest way to get Haydarpasa from Ataturk Airport would be;

Take the metro[subway] from the airport to Zeytinburnu. Change onto the tram and get off at Eminonu. Then take the ferry from Eminonu to Haydarpasa.

But wait for Istanbullers advises !