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Turkish Newspaper Readers Encyclopedic Dictionary 'Ö' Related Pages: Turkish Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Index Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Actress Suzan Avcı -- Born To Be Bad Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Turkish Movies Catalog, Index Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme Sultry Aynur Aydan - The Woman Who Brought Down The Minister For English-speakers who wish to understand Turkish Newspapers World regions, bodies of water, land masses, mountain ranges, countries, cities, nationalities and languages -- plus notable persons, places, and things from current events and modern history, politics, art, law, business, etc. If you don't find the names, terms, or phrases you need here... click to let us know and we'll add them. Site visitors may navigate the News Reader pages using the News Readers Index Page. Turkish English Examples, supplements, and explanations Ö     ÖİB Özelleştirme İdaresi Başkanlığı -- the Privatization Ministry   Önasya [the] Near East   öncü üs mil. advance base   örümcek deliği [a] spider hole -- a primitive 6-8 foot deep ventilated hole in the ground used for hiding a fugitive In the news: 14-15 December 2003... Saddam Hüseyin -- the man who once promised the 'Mother of all battles' in defense of Baghdad and who swore never to be taken alive -- was found in dishevelled condition today hiding in a spider hole near his hometown of Tikrit. He surrendered to his American Army captors quietly, without a fight. Ace in the Hole Hürriyet Gazetesi, 17 Dec 2003 Left click for image enlargement and translation. ÖSS Öğrenci Seçme Sınavı -- Student Placement Examination ...a student's results on this exam determine if he/she may or may not enter Turkish University after successfully graduating 'High School'. Exam results also go a long way in determining which course of study he/she may pursue and at which University he/she may pursue it. Since there's only room in Turkish Universities for about 30% of graduating highschoolers these days, the stressful preparations (in the form of expensive special ÖSS after-school training classes and tutoring) for this exam begin in middle-school and dog students every step of the way through highschool -- until the fateful day of the exam. ötanazi euthanasia -- the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) In the news: 24 February 2005... A poverty-striken fifty-two year old victim of uterine cancer (whose 6-year-old son also has a hole in his heart) has given up all hope. She has appealed to Turkish-government authorities (whom she blames in large part for her impoverishment) for them to put her to death by merciful leathal injection. Gözcü Gazetesi, 24 February 2005 (See photo-article below.) Despairing victim... Left click for image enlargement and legibility. ÖTV Özel Tüketici Vergi -- Special Consumer Tax ... is a taxation vehicle used by the AKP during 2003-2005 to foster it's religious beliefs on the public morality. The teetotaling and anti-smoking AKP have tried to use excessive taxation to reduce the public's consumption of alcohol and tobacco, but the sin-tax policy has been an abject failure. Özbekistan (Özbek, Özbekçe) Uzbekistan (an Uzbek person/thing, the Uzbek language)   özel kuvvetleri special forces [units]   özgürlük freedom   Related Pages: Turkish Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Index Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Actress Suzan Avcı -- Born To Be Bad Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Turkish Movies Catalog, Index Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme Sultry Aynur Aydan - The Woman Who Brought Down The Minister Also: Turkish National Election, 2007 Movie Superhero Tarkan, historic and erotik Mature Dutch Bride in Turkey Mature British Bride in Turkey Mature Swedish Bride in Turkey TIME laid low by True Believers Freedom of Speech gets a fiendish French Twist The God-Awful State of Turkish-American Relations Language-Learning 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 Other Turkish Difficulties Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language llustrated Nargile Users Guide -- and Encyclopedia Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family Turkish Tongue Twisters Turkish for Kids Profiles of the Turkish People Sneeeezing in Turkish Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Gossipy Turkish Who's Who We say softball, you say rounders...