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The ‘Best of’

Learning

Practical Turkish

Volume 1

Jim and Perihan Masters

The ‘Best of’ Learning Practical Turkish Vol. 1

1 st Paper Edition -- April 2002

1 st Electronic Edition -- April 2006

Published by

Habibullah Enterprises, SA

P.K. 27

35480 Gümüldür

İzmir, Turkey (Türkiye)

WWW Website:

http://learningpracticalturkish.com/index.html

E-mail: jimmasters@practicalturkish.com

Non-original illustrations from

Zenannâme by Enderunlu Fazıl Bey, 18 th Century

ISBN – Application submitted

text and cover © Habibullah Enterprises

cover by Patricia Rawlings

Printed by Taşkın Matbaası, Gümüldür-İzmir, Turkey (Türkiye)

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About the Authors

Jim and Perihan Masters are a husband and wife team,

living on the Aegean Coast of Turkey just 50 miles

south of Izmir. Jim was born in Shanghai, China -- of

American military parentage. Peri was born on the Black

Sea coast of Turkey near Trabzon, of Turkish military

parentage…

First at Brown University and then at the University of

North Carolina, Jim pursued studies in Mathematics

and Computer Science. Upon graduation, he worked as a

computer programmer/analyst on both US coasts

before taking a position in London as Technical

Director for a computer facilities management firm –

during the late 60’s and early 70’s. Enticed by a

Financial Times advertisement, he joined a NATO

sponsored enterprise in Ankara in the 70’s where he

met the beautiful and brainy Perihan, a rising young

Turkish banking executive. It was uninhibited love at

first sight, except that neither spoke the other’s

language! So they embarked on a mad language learning

scramble (which continues to this day) that culminated

in their marriage -- now in its 20-something year.

After spending fifteen working years Stateside (with

numerous visitations to Turkey), the two opted to

return permanently to Turkey in 1992 to take up

residence in Gümüldür, a seaside resort town in the

heart of what was once the ancient Ionian Empire.

There they live an idyllic life by the sea – writing,

drawing and painting, teaching English, and providing

computing service support to local businesses.

They also sponsor the MSNBC award-winning

Learning Practical Turkish website (located at

http://learningpracticalturkish.com/index.html ) that

has built an enthusiastic international following of

devoted Turkophiles and inquisitive language students

of all ages.

From the Authors

The Authors wish to thank our respective families --

for their support, patience, and understanding during

all these years…We also extend a special thanks to our

honored friend Taşkın Çalı -- whose on-going work with

us on the LPT website (and on this book too!) is as

highly valued as it is esteemed. And, to Patricia

Rawlings (Bury’s finest) -- for her skilled and caring

assistance during all the stages of this project

development -- we extend our heartfelt appreciation.

Last but not least, we send thanks to Martin Larsen

(our Danish conscience) – without whom this idea would

never have been hatched!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pronunciation Guides

The 700 Club (of Essential Turkish)

Terms of Endearment

131

Off-color Indecencies

143

Book Index

155

Visit our website soon and often… It’s dedicated to struggling

Turkish language learners just like you -- and it’s loaded with

authentic voice recordings too!!

The Learning Practical Turkish website is located at:

http://learningpracticalturkish.com/index.html

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