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Historic Turkish water-cooled smoking pipes enjoy a modern day revival in... Nargile Nirvana Ten Best Nargile Smoking Salons Illustrated Users Guide for nargiles, hookahs Flavored nargile-tobacco... Turkish rugs, carpets, kilims Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia Nargile also known as 'hookah' or 'hubble-bubble' Turkish water-cooled smoking-pipes on display Gümüldür -- Izmir, Türkiye A page from Habibullah's Turkish Memorabilia Scrapbook An Ottoman Turkish woman smoking her 'hookah' on the streets of 19th Century Istanbul... from the Venetian National Library archive7 "You've come a long way, baby..." Thanks to Sabah Gazetesi 4 May 2002 Hover your cursor over the mini-article above -- to obtain a translation. The article describes how a nargile works! "You've come a long way, baby..." Part II Thanks to Hürriyet Gazetesi June 2002 The mini-article above describes how female factory-workers (even religiously conservative türbanlI scarf-wearing ones) try to bolster morale during Turkey's current economic crisis! Enjoy a fruit-flavored nargile and tea break in your own spring 'garden' or 'back yard', just like this modern Turkish couple, Leyla and Mecnun... Thanks to Sabah Gazetesi 4 May 2002 While vacationing in Antalya recently, these Euro beauties discovered the pleasures of... the Turkish water-cooled smoking-pipe. [Nargile, hookah, hubble-bubble] Thanks to: Gözcu/Asabi Gazetesi, Gerçek Yayıncılık A. Ş. (Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ, Owner) 17 June 2002 A modern-day sampling... Right click to 'View' or 'Zoom' image enlargement... Right click to 'View' or 'Zoom' image enlargement...   Mix or match 'em -- in all popular sizes... Right click to 'View' or 'Zoom' image enlargement...   Mix or match 'em -- in all popular colors! Right click to 'View' or 'Zoom' image enlargement...   That's right... They even make'm for cigarette smokers... And according to the local buzz, cigarette smoking through a nargile is waaay less injurious to your health -- because the smoke is cooled significantly, before it reaches your vital parts. But if you believe that, I've got a real nice bridge over the Bosphorus that I'd like to sell ya'... Right click to 'View' or 'Zoom' image enlargement... A certain well-known local non-smoker sez, "They make distinctive book ends for my library of oncological medical books." Related Pages: Towards Better Kinder Language Use When Politics and Language Collide A Fable for Language Learning Original Folktale in Turkish-language Not An Exception To A Turkish Grammar Rule Also Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish NewsReaders' Dictionary, Index Unrelated fun: Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time Real-Life Weight Loss a la turc (1 of 2) Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Turkish Movies Catalog, Index Habibullah and Thr Great Cannon Caper A Simple Turkish Thing Our 'Honda Power Generator' -- A Member of the Family

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