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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 1:41:30 GMT -5
You know you're Turkish when you're riding in the car with your parents and they pull over to the side of the road because the spotted some grape leaves and get out to go pick them....then you inevitably know you're having dolma for dinner.
you go to someone's house to drop something off and plan to stay for like 10 mins,but you stay for like 3 hrs .
you know you're Turkish when your grandma forces you to be friends with your neighbour
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 1:42:46 GMT -5
You know your turkish if you have to check something is ok with ur mother even if u are 20/30/40/50 + !!!!!! still dont understand this one.. whatever happened to being free?
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 1:43:51 GMT -5
You know you're Turkish when your mom is a skilled sniper who uses slippers...
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 1:57:06 GMT -5
You know you are Turkish when you rub your fat belly and say this is Turkish Muscle!!!
You know you're Turkish when.............you are proud of your chest hair.
You know you're Turkish when......your dad has a fig tree growing in the living room
When you burn olive leaves and go around the house with them in every room, or have someone circle the smoke around your head to ward away the evil eye.
you know you're turkish when you eat karpuz hellim for dinner!!
.you go to the front in a Supermarket queue .....you decide to buy something else in the Supermarket,when cashier is waiting for your money.
when your short grandma tells you to eat more because your not strong and puts more then you can eat on your plate
You know for sure you're Turkish when your parents tell you to come home early just before you leave the house, regardless of what age you are if you're single and live with them.
-Your parents exaggerate everything to make you look like the devil child... -Your moms slipper always manages to go round that corner no matter how far back you hide... -When you say *Yes beh annem* -When your parents always say *ananin agzina sicacam
U know ur turkish when ur mum says something to u which u didn't hear and u say, 'Ha'. Her reply is usually 'Hun kapisì' or Haksilo then she chases u to beat u with the rolling pin
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:01:43 GMT -5
You know your turkish when... your mother insists that she is a doctor and can tell You exactly why You caught a cold... 'Atlet giymedin ondan hasta oldun'=]
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:10:06 GMT -5
you know your turkish when you work in construction with no goggles and some old ass sandles.
You know your turkish when you have a conversation with the taxi driver like you've known each other for years.
You know your turkish when about 90% of your conversation...s are about Turkeys economy.
When you grandad is the boss of the family like its the roman empire
you know your turkish..when if u would like to go somewhere u have to put an application with your "baba" at least a month ahead..
When the whole of cyprus knows you're pregnant before you do!...Gossip gossip gossip
When you see that getting a backhander or a slap from parents as a socially acceptable way of displining your children (even in public), but people from other cultures see it as a form of child abuse.
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:13:27 GMT -5
Your 13yr old neighbour puts you to shame when she come rounds and prepares three different types of pastry dish, reads everybody's Turkish coffee, washes up, then proceeds to sit down and create a knitted scarf in 30 minutes - and to top it off she wants to be a doctor...
When the village gossip is around you ha...ve to be on your best behaviour to prevent any gossip she may spread about you, which would result in off-putting potential suitors and ruin your chances of marrying forever Your parents respond to everything with 'when I was half your age I used to walk an hour to school, looked after our herd of sheep and cooked for the whole of the family' You eat yoghurt with everything (your mum makes her own and you were taught when you were 13) - rice, potato, pasta - it goes with everything
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:14:13 GMT -5
You attribute any sort of misfortune in your life to nazar [evil eye] You take elderly people spitting at you to be a sign that they care - they are only protecting you It's perfectly acceptable to fire guns at weddings, it's a sign yo...u're having fun Your family think it's okay to hire gypsies to play and dance at weddings, circumcisions, barbeques in the garden... You are expected to bellydance at any occassion that may require it; weddings, circumcisions, barbeques in the garden... It's normal for ANYBODY to try to find you a husband Your grandma and other female relatives have spent years creating a whole chestful of 'goodies' [ceyiz] to give to you when you get married, tablecloths, towel decorations, slipper socks - it is irrelevant that you don't need or want them Your parents feel that the only legitimate occupations are becoming a doctor, lawyer or professor of some sort
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:18:30 GMT -5
when all the old Turkish films are dubbed !!!!!!!!!!!
you know atleast one ibrahim tatlises song but wont admit it
you have atleast ten nazars hanging on your wall as if ones not enough to ward off the evil eye
eventhough you dont wear a basortu, but when you clean you somehow end up looking like a koylu guzelli with your basortu allwrapped up.
when you bump into a elderly Turk who wants to know what village your from and by some kind freak nature you are related!!
Your hair stands on end when the bride and groom walk into the sound of davul and zurna !!!! When girls spend half the night in front of the mirror putting lippy on and fixing their bra's bitching about what other girls are wearing talking about which boy they fancy at the party !!!!! Shimmeri...ng their boobs and fluttering their eye lashes at any boy on the dance floor !!!!!! Kids coming home with pound notes stuffed in there pockets ment for the musicians back in the days !!!!!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:23:15 GMT -5
You know you are Turkish when you have an inherrent desire to buy a plot of land in Cyprus or Turkey and build several apartments for your whole family tree to live together in one place
You know you are Turkish when you rub the collars of your friends new jacket and tell him it's good quality like your some kind of experienced taylor
You know you are Turkish when your knife and fork is a loaf of bread
You know your Turkish when the prospect of eating sheeps head excites you
You know you are Turkish when you refer to random people you barely know as donkeys...lol
you know you are a Turkish girl with a Turkish boyfriend when your boyfriend gets mad at you for talking with other guys and gets into all of ur buisness:)
you know your turkish when your parents give you guilt trips about wanting gran- children and worry about you not meeting a nice turkish girl to marry when your only 26!!!!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:30:51 GMT -5
When you play Ladez with a turkey or chicken bone!!!!
When you support Turkey when they plaY FOOTBALL against ENGLAND, even though we are born here.. why would a normal TURK want ENGLAND TO BEAT TURKEY
When the guy has to go for GORUCULUK and the kiz makes kahve
When you love watching shaban films
When your family expect you to marry someone that is Turkish even though you live in ENGLAND
when you are at a dugun and everyone looks to see how much you pin on the gelin
when you have pastirma, helim, boiled yumurta, zeytin etc for kavalti!! aman acik'dim
You know youre Turkish when you husband can talk for hours to his mates and when you ask what they were talking about he can tell you in one sentance!
you know youre Turkish when you fridge and food cupboards are open house for everyone to help themselves without asking x
you get on a turkish airlines plane & there is always someone sitting in your prebooked seat who all of a sudden doesnt understand a word your saying !!!!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:40:25 GMT -5
As soon as you meet your mom's friends their immediate questions feel like you are filling out an online dating form...kac yasindasin? meslek? evlimisin? kizarkadsin varmi? yok mi? ooooaoooo.......
You know you are turkish when you mum goes bir vurursam sana, bir da yerden yegcen!!!
You know you're Turkish when your dad gives you "RAKI" for your toothache!
You know your Turkish when you have the heater on in the car but roll the window down to have a smoke!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:43:49 GMT -5
ou know you are turkish when you drink "iskembe/paca"after midnight..
you know you are turkish when you eat"cig kofte w/lettuce in the middle of the street
you know you are turkish when you call all the suvs "Cip or Jeep" ... you know you are turkish when you play indoor soccer 2 am in the morning for baklava...
you know you are turkish when you wear white speedos:)
you know you are turkish when you buy 3 tubes of :bryantin/briantin"
you know you are turkish when you have a hairstylist who gives you a hand /back massage;;
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:52:16 GMT -5
You know you're turkish when a sex/kissing scene comes up on the screen and your parents grab the remote at 160mph and flick it over like your 6 years old and dont even know the meaning of sex or kissing. You know you're Turkish when atleast one female family member told you 'terlik giy' because your ovaries will freeze. You know your turkish when your father is obsessed with using a hairdryer over a BBQ to make the coal burn quicker.... You know someones Turkish when they find the English 'got your nose' sign very rude. Oops I guess the only nation(Turks) would compare their sickness with others. "Oh i have this and that sickness" O da bisiymi ben Kanser im, "amaaannn yazik Allah korusun daglara taslara"( hic kanserli dag tas gormedim ama
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 2:58:50 GMT -5
YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN TURKEY WHEN EVERY TAXI DRIVER TELLS YOU HIS WHOLE LIFE STORY OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH, HOW HIS WIFE CHEATED ON HIM, HOW HIS DAUGHTER RAN AWAY, AND TALKS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF TURKEY AND HOW BAD ITS BECOMING
OHHHH BTW NEVER MIND THAT THEY START ASKING YOU ALL THESE PERSONAL QUES...TIONS AND EXPECT YOU TO TELL EM ABOUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE TOO
"if you dont eat all the food on your plate the food will cry and complain about you in the next world"
U know yr turkish when yr parents have named all their kids with similar names....Nilgun..Nerhan..Nelcan..Nalan.
When your Mother thinks you are in shock and slaps both your cheeks and pulls each ear!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 3:09:16 GMT -5
U know your turkish when u put 'helim' on your spaghetti Bolognese You know your Turkish when your garden is covered in vine leaves & grapes and your neighbours complain about your "weeds" attacking their rose bushes. Dolma is the BEST! you know you're turkish when you have to be at the front, the front of anything a queue, a crowd, whatever you just have the urge to be at the front we put homemade syrup on cake/cookies You know you're Turkish WHEN.... We see other Turks, WE MUST GREET THEM AND KISS EACH OTHER ON THE CHEEKS!! For the elderly, we have kiss their hand and then the hand to our forehead. You know your turksih when you ring your nan to ask how she is and she says 'aman olluyorum.... even though she completley fine You lnow ypu are Turkish when somebody makes a nice comment/compliement about you and your nene says "Kıçını kaşı kızım" You know when your turkish when your whole family come to stay at your house for months for free! when your a girl, you get asked the same questions all day long (where u going? Who u going with, whats their names?) like their trying to catch you out. You always aim to park right outside of wherever it is you are going, however impossible it may b... You have a Sewing machine in ur garage Whenever someone returns from Cyprus they have a pillowcase full of MOLOHIA!!! ... When you have the little wooden trays at home that show the map of Cyprus/Turkey with coffee cups to match!!! When u get ill your nene say's '' UZUNTUDIR KIZIM UZUNTU !!!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 3:20:31 GMT -5
you know you're Turkish when your mother tells you not to EVER wear a tampon, as it will take your virginity, you 'namusuz!' I think us girls get that ALL THE TIME!!! You know you're Turkish when the local TFC doubles up as a social club/dating agency/citizens advice bureau everytime you take your nene shopping for maydonoz... you know your Turkish when someone in your family gives up alcohol for ramadan but then on bayram polishes off all the spirits in the house! You know you're Turkish When you see a car that is for sale with the description "Car for sale from DOCTOR" or "from Math TEACHER", or "From a Pregnant LADY" and it doesn't sound awkward to you... when the first words out your dads mouth after he walks through the arrivals gate in heathrow is..., " ohh beh, rakilar gecti" !!!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Feb 25, 2011 3:31:39 GMT -5
when you have to hide the 'oklava', because your mum has mastered the art of breaking your bones with it!! You follow the Ambulance, ´cause you think It´ll be faster - You leave the meat for last - You start honking as soon as the lights turn green ...- You teach your lovebird, or your foreign friends to swear in Turkish - Your mom says you´re "evde kalmis" when you´re 25 our family dog understood Turkish. *You grew up thinking no fruit or vegetable had a fixed price and that the price of everything was negotiable through haggling. ... *Annes (Mothers) main hobby is cleaning. *You thought every meal had to be eaten with a hunk of bread in your hand *You thought that talking loud was normal. *You thought everyone got pinched on the cheeks and money stuffed in their pockets by their relatives. *You were hit by your mother with a Oklava or a Terlik at some stage in your life *When leaving a house, you stand at the front door for a half hour more and talk. *Your only vacation is back to the homeland (Turkey) *You tell your parents you're seeing someone and they start sending out wedding invitations. You know you're turkish when every time you step out of line, your mum rants on about how you're going to become a crackwhore, elope, marry a black man, get pregnant and subsequently send her to an early grave because "cok ugrasti ama iyi bir anne olamadi....demekki cocugun icinde olacak ama benim kizim nerdeeeee...anc...a ingiliz olmanin pesinde". I got into cambridge and i still get it. You know you're Turkish when you call a beautiful girl "peanut" You know you're Turkish when your relatives encourage you to drink even though you are underaged. And you call Rakı as the milk of the Lions!" There is always somebody who will kill the bartender just because he gave you wrong look ! ... You can never date with any other nationality cuz they will never be jealous enough!
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Post by toskaliku on Mar 3, 2011 14:34:34 GMT -5
These all sound like Turks who just left their village....
You call an older person you have never met before "uncle", "aunty" or abi
Albs do this also....
Your mother does everything for you if you are male
Yup.... also
You are always taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go
Your mother seems to think her future lies at the bottom of a little coffee cup
Both yup...
You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on"
yup
No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming for a visit
You talk with your guests at the door for 20-30 minutes when they are leaving
Major yup on the last one... I remember occasions where my parents literally wait at the door saying "bye" in between convos for like 20mins while I am waiting outside...
You show your love and affection to people by physically hurting them (esp. pinching, slapping, biting)
Thats in every culture...
if you eat olives, cheese and tomatoes for breakfast
yup
And another person who thinks going around barefoot is the cause of all major ailments.
hahahha. We say "sbathur" in Albanian, which is close to the idea of nude. I remember walking around the house without slippers and my mom going "eyyyy, what are you doing your going to freeze without slippers"
You spend half your lifetime complaining about your country and your people, and the other half announcing to the world you are Turkish and proud of it.
every person from the balkans
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Mar 3, 2011 15:25:54 GMT -5
Many of those things are more Turkish Cypriot than from Turkey, but I love them, even though they annoy me to no end!
When i read them to my mum, she laughed so hard and was like, omg we are such funny people aren't we!
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