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Thread: What does your name mean?

631.       vineyards
1954 posts
 09 Nov 2009 Mon 11:34 pm

 

Quoting Daydreamer

 

 

You don´t use your throat pronuncing it. Check out what I recorded especially for you:

 

ZShare_for_Trudy

 

I secretly downloaded it too. All that I understood was the "....as in..." part



Thread: Istanbul Nightlife Question....

632.       vineyards
1954 posts
 09 Nov 2009 Mon 01:52 am

A quick google search will return a few links.

 

I found (without sweating over it) this link

 

http://www.i-gunler.com/Istanbul/Riddim-Bar-ve-Club/Bar-Gece-kulubu-Kafe/869

 

Riddim seems to be a place you are looking for. I bet there are many more...



Thread: Women are granted the right to use their own surnames

633.       vineyards
1954 posts
 08 Nov 2009 Sun 03:34 pm

Since a while ago, it has been possible for a woman in Turkey to use her own family name in addition to her husbands surname.  Anyone wishing including my wife took advantage of that.

 

Today, newspapers in Turkey have reported that from now on women can use solely their family names without having to adopt their husbands´ surnames. The change was made possible by the attempts of Dr. Baþak Çalý. She said, while the outcome of the case she opened was satisfactory, she still resented the fact that she had to go through legal stages to be able to use her own surname.

 

The verdict of the court legalizes women´s using their own surnames without having to adopt their husbands´ surnames from now on.

 

 



Edited (11/8/2009) by vineyards



Thread: What does your name mean?

634.       vineyards
1954 posts
 08 Nov 2009 Sun 03:19 pm

I guess the original post was asking about the meaning of users names. I reckon the question here is about our real names which we are not supposed to reveal. Nonetheless, since I have nothing to hide, I will give it a go:

 

I have three names: Sabri Akin Ilicali. Sabri means patient, Akin means a rush or raid.  With two such names coming one after another, one would expect I must have contradictions in my life. There is a seed of truth in that.

 

My surname Ilicali points out to the location where my family (paternal) originates: the village of Loutros in Evros province in Greece which used to be called Ilica when it was under Turkish rule.

 

There is another village named Ilica in Erzurum but these two are completely unrelated.



Edited (11/9/2009) by vineyards



Thread: a question you´d like to ask other tc-ists

635.       vineyards
1954 posts
 08 Nov 2009 Sun 03:01 pm

 

Quoting libralady

Have I made any speeling misteaks to day?  Scared

 

Has anyone eating complained?



Thread: driving in Turkey

636.       vineyards
1954 posts
 08 Nov 2009 Sun 12:33 am

Much of the driving was done on motorways where the legal speed limit is 140kmh (no one cares).

It did not have much to do with speed. It was non-stop driving that did the trick. When I jumped off the car my eyes were swollen and bloody and I was in a miserable condition. The silly objective was to find out whether I could drive more than 1000 kms without ever stopping.

 

Quoting barba_mama

1170 kilometers in less then 10 hours...sounds like somebody drove too fast and has to be happy the police wasn´t around I´m just glad I didn´t go 100+ km an hour over those mountain roads. I can see myself being launched over the edge already!

 

 



Edited (11/8/2009) by vineyards



Thread: TC statistics

637.       vineyards
1954 posts
 06 Nov 2009 Fri 03:51 pm

Some of those small and far away countries might be fake locations declared by anonymous proxies people use for reaching youtube etc.



Thread: BARBARIANS

638.       vineyards
1954 posts
 06 Nov 2009 Fri 12:08 am

 

Quoting catwoman

How is Turkey doing in this particular matter? Is it also trailing behind civilization?

 

Nations are not judged merely by a bunch of parameters. It is wrong to call Americans barbarians because of their stance about homosexuality; it is equally wrong to point out to Turkey´s being a backward country compared to those civilized ones. There are indeed people who have found happiness here regardless of how the country seems to be from outside.

 

All these comments do gross injustice to people and their efforts in society. We often forget  that we would be in miserable condition without tbe providings of society. It is not money that turns us into proper individuals nor is it how advanced our society is.  I am not proud of my country because of its wealth or power, I am proud of it because it has had its share of contribution in what we call the world today.

 

We should really stop posting messages meant for provocating people rather than making a point.



Edited (11/6/2009) by vineyards



Thread: driving in Turkey

639.       vineyards
1954 posts
 05 Nov 2009 Thu 10:10 pm

Quoting barba_mama

I just came back from a great road-trip in Turkey. We did a respectable 1000+ kilometers in about 3 and a half days. Some roads are just like I know them in The Netherlands...very straight and very good. I´ve also been dragged along small mountain roads, where barely one lane was shared with on-coming tractors and family-packed old white cars You all know the type I´m talking about.

I would say, it depends on which areas you are planning to drive around. Compared to The Netherlands Turkish roads don´t have a lot of lights shining on them in the night. But generally the roads are good, although small village roads should be handled with care

 

Turkey is about twenty times as large as the Netherlands. Much of its territory is rugged terrain and high plateaus. There are all sorts of places in the country. Generally speaking major land roads are usually in good or excellent condition. Smalle, lesss significant roads are generally much worse.

 

I once did 1170 kilometers in less than 10 hours. Not three and a half days

Many Turks living in Germany travel all the way from Germany to their towns or villages in Anatolia non-stop. Still, 1000 kilometers is quite a long distance...



Edited (11/6/2009) by vineyards



Thread: Happy Birthday Catwoman!!!

640.       vineyards
1954 posts
 04 Nov 2009 Wed 12:29 am

Happy birthday Catwoman. Time goes by doesn´t it?



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