Letters of Persian – Arab scripts serving for building of Turkish language alphabet till the end of the twenties of the last century, now are used only for Arabic language in ecclesiastical institutions of Turkey, and their place was strongly occupied by a little modified Latin alphabet brought by Mustafa- Kemal-Pasha Ataturk in 1928. The statutory bar for use of Arabic letters in Turkish language exists in present Turkey.

Many resorts which Turkey famous for, are very popular among Russian speaking tourists, but it should be taken into account that the greater part of population of the Republic knows Turkish language only, that makes some difficulties in the process of communication. Therefore before travel to Turkey  you need to learn some often used phrases, for instance:

• Merhaba  - Hello
• Nasılsınız? – How are you? How do you find yourself?
• Teşekkür – Thanks 
• Affedersiniz – Pardon 
• İndirim – Discount

In Turkısh language the letter “i” wıth a dot and wıthout a dot are different letters therefore a dot should be set even for capital “I”, pronunciation of the letter without dot is similar to Russian sound [ы].

Did you know that …

• Turkish bath ascends from Roman thermaes.
• Over one forth part of the population of Turkey is people under 20 years.
• The most ancient settlement in the territory of the present Turkey has appeared in 7500 B.C.E..

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