[Learn Turkish: Home] [Turkish: Beginners] [Table of Contents] [Questions/Comments]

[Blog: Our Turkey Life!] [Learn Turkish: Website Updates]

[Turkish: Website Search Engine] [Online Turkish Word Dictionary]

Identify this Famous Turk... Free updates for life! Jim and Peri's Commercial-free CD/Broadband Editions for Turkish Learning -- with triple ebook bonus! Learn Turkish with this Essential Suffixes Printed Book

The 'Burkini' (Burqini) Swimwear for modest (read, orthodox conservative) Islamic women in Turkey LPT's Geopolitical pages... Enjoy Turkish seaside fun in a 'burkini' (burqini) -- Muslim woman's designer swimsuit from Australia Click the image to get a closer look at a 'Burkini' -- the latest in swimwears for orthodox conservative Islamic women in Turkey [Only on CD] Thanks to: Radikal Gazetesi 14 January 2007 The article explains that this 'burkini' swimsuit for conservative Muslim women leaves only the hands, the feet and the face uncovered. Made of polyester it's designed by Australian citizen Aheda Zanetti. Designer Zanetti hopes to introduce the burkini (burqini) to Islamic women customers in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. "I've saved my wife and female children from staring eyes of strangers on the beach," Zanetti said. Burkini swimwear for religious Muslim women will be on sale on the Internet for 300 YTL (214 USD$). Note: Western critics of the 'Burkini' swimsuit say it's another manifestation of militant Islam on the march -- in the same league with the Türban (turban) for conservative Muslim women in Turkey. Does anyone care to comment? Post a comment...» Related: Turkish 'Religious Attitudes' and Politics A troubling political cartoon of Turkey Teetotaling Turkish Flight Attendants want a passenger alcohol-ban Is the Drinking of Alcohol Forbidden by Koranic Decree? Turkish Airlines (THY) and the Non-Alcoholic Tissue-Towels Final Results Charts for the 2007 National Elections What the Turkish National Election Results of 2007 may fortell About the 2007 Pre-Election Polls The Next Turkish President Must Not Be.... Bang, bang! The AKP gets shot down (for the moment) for strong-arm tactics When Worlds Collide -- Kemalist Democracy and the AKP 2/2 Steering Clear of Politics and Religion, this time... Turkish Political Parties -- Right, Left, Center? Caught Between 2 Bad Choices -- The Turkish Presidential Selection, 2007 Countdown To A Turkish Secularist's Nightmare, Presidential Selection Day 2007 Turkish National Election Results 2002 Local elections 2004 -- No 'Girl Power' (see yerel seçimler) Surviving the Turkish Internet Language Tools for 'Troubles in Turkish Paradise' Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family LPT's Geopolitical pages... Unrelated fun: Turkish Movies - Best-Looking Bad Girl of the 1970s, Sevda Ferdağ Bad Girls of the 1970s Turkish Cinema, Aliye Rona The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time #5 Selvi Boylum Al Kazmalım (The Girl in the Red Scarf) Fast-working Turkish Diet -- with Alcohol included! Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar The 'cold and delicious' ice cream of Kahramanmaraş Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Turkish Movies, Index Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A Simple Turkish Thing