Turkey’s Culture and Ancient History

When traveling in a foreign country, speaking a few words of its language goes a long way. This is because locals feel appreciated knowing you made an effort to study their native language. I saw this happening when I asked the bus driver to stop and let us off. (Turkish: Otobüsü durdurun Lütfen). Otherwise, we would have to walk a long way back. In another occasion the Turkish-only speaking hostess of a bed & breakfast had already cleaned up when I asked them to reopen the breakfast buffet. (Turkish: Biz kahvaltı alabilir miyim lütfen). So here are a few but important Turkish word:

hello Merhabā (more common) or İyi günler (formal) or Selâm (informal)

good evening İyi akşamlar

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