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December 28, 2006
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The Allah Exclamations --
An Illustrated Update
Just recently, we came across a couple of newspaper cartoons (both by Ergin Asyalı) that provide further insight into several of the everyday exclamations in question...
Continue reading "Everyday Turkish Exclamations"...»
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December 20, 2006
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The Sexiest Hotel in World -- Part 1
So what are the rumors, myths, and facts about this fabulous hotel?
Well, one of the rumors I had heard was that VIP customers upon arrival, besides their own room key, would be given another room key. That key would open a special door, right around midnight, to a surprise party, where all the carnal pleasures awaited...
Continue reading "The Adam & Eve Hotel -- Antalya, Turkey"...»
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December 15, 2006
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Two Turkish TV Guys who make Turkish Gals Gaga
There's a hot competition going on currently, among the Turkish TV Channels that present night-time drama serials this season. In these TV ratings-wars, the attractive actors who play the leading-male roles in the serials have a big effect on fans and, also, on ratings. Two of the hottest leading men are Uğur Pektaş and Halit Ergenç...
Continue reading "TV leading-men who set women's hearts aflutter"...»
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December 10, 2006
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The Rise of Turkey's Erotic Films Industry
By the early 70's (as more families began to watch TV at home) the Turkish film industry was in severe financial trouble. In a panic, film producers sought ways to bring audiences back to the cinema houses. It wasn't long before they concluded that 'Sex Sells' and, in 1972, they started making erotic movies. The idea was an instant success... Seven thousand people attended the gala opening of the first Turkish erotic film "Parçala Behçet" -- in Konya, of all places...
Continue reading "The sex-movie boom years of Turkish erotic films (1972-1985)"...»
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December 7, 2006
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Latest 'Religious Attitudes' Survey
Unemployed worker to his wife and small child:
(See the political cartoon on the page.)
"The government is still arguing about turban headcoverings for women and
their effect on the next Turkish Presidency --
and they didn't get to our unemployment problem again.
So I hope you'll understand that
we'll be hungry again today,
dear wife..."
Continue reading "Turban Power in the Turkish Nation"...»
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December 2, 2006
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Turkey's First Modern-Day Bank Robbery
Necdet Elmas began his career in crime in the late 1950s as a car thief, and was rather successful until 1961 -- when he was caught and jailed. But, when he heard that his 4th wife was seeking to divorce him while he was still behind bars, he broke out of jail, and went looking for her. While on her trail, he somehow obtained a Sten Mk II Submachine Gun and hooked up with a partner, Necdet Sinkil...
Continue reading "First Modern-Day Turkish Bank Robber -- a Robin Hood?"...»
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