May 2010
44 posts
TÜRKÇE ATASÖZLERİ (F-H)
F
Fala inanma falsız kalma.
Literal translation: Don’t believe in foretellings but don’t stay without them.
Meaning: Foretellings are not to be believed but they might have benefits.
G
Gençliğin kıymeti ihtiyarlıkta bilinir.
Literal translation: The value of youth will be known in old age.
Gençlık bir kuştur, ucar tutamam. Yaşlılık yüktür, bir kuruşa satamam.
Literal...
TÜRKÇE ATASÖZLERİ (B-E)
B
Babası oğluna bir bağ bağışlamış, oğul babaya bir salkım üzüm vermemiş.
Literal translation: The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn’t give a bunch of grapes to the father.
Meaning: Used when a person does something ungrateful and selfish to another person who made good deeds for him.
Balık ağa girdikten sonra aklı başına gelir.
Literal translation: A fish only...
the exploded house from global architectural...
via cabbagerose:
global architectural development designed the Exploded House in Bodrum, Turkey.
via: contemporist
TÜRKÇE ATASÖZLERİ (A - the rest of the alphabet to eventually be added?)
Acıkan doymam (sanır), susayan kanmam sanır.
Literal translation: A hungry man thinks he won’t be satiated, a thirsty man thinks he won’t be quenched.
Acele işe şeytan karışır.
Literal translation: The Devil interferes with hurried work.
Meaning: If you hurry your work it will turn out wrong.
Aç tavuk...
Zonguldak Graffiti Fest 2010
via tuncdindas:
Zonguldak’ta yapılan graffiti festivalinde S2K crew olarak Omeria, Ben, Funk ve Tabone ile bir graffiti yaptık. Daha şimdi yoldan geldim. Detaylar yakında Burada ve Facebook sayfamda.
Türkiye: What I Love About Turkey →
Jeff’s sister Kim asked Jeff and I what our favorite part of Turkey was. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this question because I think it’s something important to be conscious of - what you love and appreciate about something. In this case, Turkey. In response to Kim’s question, here is what I’ve found that I Love most:
The people. That’s what I love and appreciate. The people...
Laz Grammar →
via fuckyeahanatolia:
The Laz is one of the thousands of languages which are insufficiently described and are in danger of disappearing in one or two generations if nothing is done to preserve them. It is spoken mainly in small parts of Turkey and Georgia, and forms with the Mingrelian, the Georgian (or Kartvelian) and the Svan the Southwest Caucasian languages. The Laz speaking community...
via seyirlik: bada →
Adalar vapuru; koca gövdeli,sert bakışlı martılar refakatinde, Istanbul’un her iki yakasına mandallanmış mavi koca çarşaf üzerinde süzüle süzüle yol alır.
Adaların büyüğüne vardığımızda duyduğumuz ya da duymamıza ramak kalan kokunun yegane sorumlusu olduğunu biliyor olsak da kızmayız…kızmayız ona. Çünkü, tarifsiz fayton keyfini yaşatacak olan yine kendisidir.
Yayalığı tercih eden ya...
Watermelon Rinds: Istanbul is under the threat of... →
Istanbul is under the threat of losing it’s premier movie palace, the Emek Theater. I’m talking a real palace, ushers, assigned seats, the works! There’s been a number of protests (two of them documented by good old Yoel Meranda, one of them embedded below) and there’s been a steady stream of articles in the news on the matter. Basically, they want to destroy it and build a mall! I’ve talked...
Ilhan Cihaner getting arrested
via stolenage:
Hello Turkologists,
This Wall Street Journal story references a leaked video of Ilhan Cihaner getting arrested and it sounds like interesting viewing. But I live in a remote corner of the world and we don’t get the Ergenekon channel here. Has anyone/everyone seen it and does anyone know of an translated version? I’d like to watch it if someone wouldn’t mind posting a link.
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Watchvia fuckyeahanatolia: Documentary on traditional homes in the eastern Black Sea region.
