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| saat dilimi | time zone | |
| Saddam Hüseyin El Tikriti | [full name of] Saddam Hussein | ...who was the infamous dictator of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He was ousted by coalition forces in 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'. Saddam's Biography
in Turkish with 'commented' English translation  Left click for image enlargement. Globus Dergisi Özel Sayi -- Nisan 2003 |
| sahte para | counterfeit money | |
| Sakız Adası | [the Greek] island of Chios | |
| Saksonya | Saxony or Ger. Sachsen [territory in eastern Germany] | |
| saldırı | aggression, attack | Cobra saldırı helikopteri; Cobra attack helicopter |
| samanyolu | the Milky Way | In Turkish, is usually written in all lower case letters. Click following for its use in a romantic SMS (cell/mobile phone) example. |
| sandık | [a/the] ballot box | |
| Saraybosna | Sarajevo [capital and cultural centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina] | Sarajevo was the proud site of the 1984 Winter Olympic games. But, after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992, Sarajevo became a focal point of fierce civil war as Serb militias drove thousands of Bosnian Muslims from the countryside to take refuge in the city. Sarajevo suffered considerable damage as Serb forces encircled the Bosnian capital in 1993. From Ottoman centuries, the city retains a strong Muslim character -- having many mosques, wooden houses with ornate interiors, and the ancient Turkish marketplace (the Bascarsija); much of the population is Muslim.66 |
| Sardinya | Sardinia or Italian Sardegna[Mediterranean island belonging to Italy] | ...is an island and regione of Italy, second in size only to Sicily among the islands of the western Mediterranean. It lies 120 miles (200 km) west of the mainland of Italy, 7.5 miles (12 km) south of the neighbouring French island of Corsica, and 120 miles (200 km) north of the coast of Africa. The capital is Cagliari.66 |
| SARS | See Akut Solunum Yetersizliği Sendromu. | |
| savaş (savaşçı) | war (fighter, warrior) |
savaş alanı; battlefield savaş ekonomisi; war economy savaş esiri; prisoner of war (also see this panel, below) savaş ganimeti; spoils of war savaş hukuku; law of war savaş ilanı; declaration of war savaş suçları; war crimes savaş tutsağı; prisoner of war |
| savcı | public prosecutor, attorney general, district attorney | |
| savunma | defense [defence] | Savunma Bakanı; Minister of Defense savunma hattı; defense line |
The defense line [savunma hattı] with 6 barriers in front of Baghdad  Gözcü Gazetesi 26 March 2003 | ||
| seçim | [an] election | Turkish National Election Results 2002  Click directly on the image for more legibility and for commentary... |
| seçmen | [a] voter | |
| sefalet | extreme poverty | |
| seferberlik | mobilization | |
| Senegal (Senegalli, Fransızca) | The Republic of Senegal (a Senegalese person/thing, the language of Senegal [French]) | A finalist country for the 2002 Football/Soccer World Cup tournament... |
| senet | [an] act [e.g. an act of international law] | |
| serbest bölge(si) | free trade zone | |
| serbest ticaret | free trade | |
| sermaye | capital (for investment) | Turkish Capital Investments
in the old Eastern Block countries illustration and commentary Milliyet Gazetesi May 2003  Left click for image enlargement. |
| sessiz diplomasi [note the 'non-harmonious' but correct spelling] | quiet diplomacy | |
| Seul | Soeul [capital city of | |
| Sevgililer günü | [The Turkish equivalent of] Valentine's Day (The day is usually referred to as Lover's Day in Turkey -- because there is no Muslim equivalent to the Christian, Saint Valentine. | |
| seyirci rekoru | [an] attendance record | seyirciler audience |
| sıcaklık | warmth; temperature variation | |
| Sırbistan (Sırp, Sırpça) | Serbia (a Serbian person/thing, the Serbian language) | |
| 'sığınak delen' bomba | 'bunker buster' bomb | lazer güdümlü 'sığınak delen' bomba; Such bombs can puncture up to 6 meters of cement (or up to 30 meters of earth) before exploding. In the News: |
| sıkıyönetim | martial law | |
| sıkmabaş(lı) Also seen as sıkma baş(lı) |
Jurist needs an eye-exam?  Left click for image enlargement and legibility. Fashion consultants' split-decision  Left click for image enlargement and legibility. | In the news: May-June-July 2005 -- Bubble, bubble, more turban trouble... Some Turkish news columnists (like Ahmet Hakan, at left) and opposition-party politicians have begun to awaken to the likelihood that Emine Erdoğan will become the Presidential first-lady in April 2007. And that she'll want to wear religiously symbolic headgear at (and invite her turban-wearing companions to) state-sponsored events in the Presidential Residence for the first time in the Turkish Republic's history. Early support for Emine hanım's "style" of headcovering came from an unexpected source (in late June 2005) -- from female Turkish jurist, Kezban Hatemi. In a peculiar statement during her appearance on Cutting through the bird doo-doo...  Left click for image enlargement and legibility. |
| sınır | [a] border, borderline, boundary | Sınır Polisi; Border Police, Border Patrol |
| sınırlı savaş | limited war | |
| Sibirya | Siberia [Russia] | |
| silah(lar) | weapon(s), arm(s) | silahlı kuvvetler; the armed forces |
| silahlanma | armament | |
| silahların denetimi | arms control | |
| silahlanma yarışı | [the] arms race | |
| silahsızlanma | disarmament | |
| sinagog | synagogue | |
| Singapur (Singapurlu, Malay dili, Çince, Tamil dili, İngilizce) | Singapore (a person/thing from Singapore, the languages of Singapore [Malay, Chinese, Tamil, English]) | |
| Sisam Adası | [the Greek] island of Samos | Birthplace of Pythagoras -- the philosopher, mathematician. |
| sivil | civilian | sivil savunma; civil defense |
| siyasal rejimler | political regimes | |
| siyasal sistem | political system | |
| siyaset (siyasetçi) | politics (politician) | siyasal; political |
| Siyonizm | Zionizm | Siyonizm Hareketi; Zionist Movement |
| Slovenya (Slovenyalı, Slovence) | Slovenia (a Slovene person/thing, the Slovenian language) | A finalist country for the 2002 Football/Soccer World Cup tournament... |
| Soğuk Savaş | [the] Cold War | |
| Sonsuz Özgürlük Harekatı or Sonsuz Özgürlük Operasyonu | Operation See also | The name of the military-side of the  |
| Sovyetler Birliği (Sovyetler) | the former Soviet Union (the Soviets) | See also Rusya. |
| soykırım | genocide Presidential Candidate USA Senator John Kerry A spinner in the works... First ya' say ya' do... 27 May 2004  Left click for image enlargement and legibility. Then ya' say ya' will... and then what? 17 October 2004  Left click for image enlargement and legibility. | soykırım suçu; crime of genocide Click the following for: The Armenian activist 'evidence' of the so-called genocide is biased at best, based on paid-for revisonist 'history' which has been repeatedly debunked -- shown to be nothing more than evidence of typically atrocious acts of war between governmental and rebel forces, carried out by both sides equally, long before the Geneva Convention was even a glimmer in the eye of its fore-fathers. Furthermore, the equi-culpable actions took place 90 years ago, well before Atatürk won the So, what's the point of modern-day witch-hunting parliaments reaching back nearly 100 years to condemn non-existent Empires? Is it just so they can get a liberal 'feel good high' in celebration of how far humanity has come in the past century? (Ha! Let's not kid ourselves, please...) Or is there something more politically sinister afoot -- meant to single out Muslim-but-secular Turkey for some 'special' attention, as she is made to suffer one indignity after another in her ever-elusive quest for membership in the all-Christian, ultra-clubbish European Union? Because, if one were to take on the task seriously (ie. to truly investigate and formally condemn every deserving [and 'historically' documented] case of man's inhumamity to man), then there'd be modern parliamentary condemnations fluttering down from the sky like snowfall But, when cash-rich Armenian terrorist groups in the 1970's and 1980's were finally able to 'persuade' a few liberal revisonist historians to take a charitable view of their pathetic 'historical' tale, it started a snowball rolling -- that left a lot of blood and gore in its wake. During those horrific decades alone, the deadliest Armenian terrorist groups (eg. ASALA) took credit for murdering more than 80 modern-day Turkish diplomats, citizens, and foreign nationals in 38 cities of 21 countries in revenge for the failed WW I Armenian rebellion of 1915 -- more than 50 years after the "War to end all wars." So, today's Armenian activist groups (thinly veiled reincarnations of their terrorist forbears) are not to be taken lightly -- as one can readily understand. (And their worst 'remnents' keep resurfacing at highly embarrassing moments -- to taint the so-called 'civilized' image of their modern activist brethren...Just last year, for instance, an extant Armenian terrorist-group-member got sentenced to a healthy stretch in the slammer by a California court who found him guilty of making bombs intended for Turkish-American citizenry and business interests.) And these same Armenian activists have now attached their cause to the Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. John Kerry -- as poll-popping a politician as Bill Clinton ever was. But, Kerry keeps losing his 'page' on the so-called Armenian genocide issue (just like Clinton) and changing his public stance (just like Clinton)...to suit the audience he happens to be addressing at the moment (just like Clinton). Which confuses and frustrates the faithful, though hard-pressed, group of pro-Americans in Turkey, while it provides damaging ammunition for the growing number of American ridiculists. See photo articles at left which document how Kerry spins, and spins, and spins again -- on this highly senstive issue... For those with more than a passing interest in the subject, click following for the Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry's meticulously researched and documented (but rarely heard) Turkish-side-of-the-story entitled 'Armenian Allegations'...Or click following for the Amazon.com link to Stanford Shaw's 'History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey -- Volume 11' (The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975) -- which covers the fractious WW I Armenian rebellion, in interesting and enlightening detail... |
| sömürgecilik | colonialism | |
| sözcüsü | spokesperson | Beyaz Saray Sözcüsü Ari Fleischer; White House Spokesperson Ari Fleischer |
| sözleşme | agreement [affecting many] | |
| spiker | TV anchor-person | |
| SSCB (Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetleri Birliği) | the former Soviet Union | See also Rusya. |
| statüko | status quo | statüko politikası; status quo policy |
| Stratejik Savunma Girişi | Strategic Defense Initiatives | |
| Stratejik Silahların Sınırlandırılması Görüşmeleri | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] | |
| suçluların geri verilmesi | extradition | |
| Sudan (Sudanlı, Arapça) | Sudan (a Sudanese person/thing, the language of Sudan [Arabic]) | |
| suikast |
| suikastta bulunmak; to assassinate, to attempt/conspire to assassinate suikastçı; assassin |
| Suriye (Suriyeli, Arapça) | Syria (a Syrian person/thing, the language of Syria [Arabic]) | Map of Syria and environs in Turkish  Left click for image enlargement. |
| Susam Sokağı | Sesame Street [the long-running award-winning international children's-program, originated in America] | In the news: 20 May 2003...It's revealed that US forces in Iraq play music from the heavy-metal band Mettalica and also from the 'gang' at Sesame Street |
| Suudi Arabistan (Suudi Arabistanlı, | Saudi Arabia (a Saudi Arabian person/thing, the language of Saudi Arabia [Arabic]) | |
| süper gücü | [a] super power | |
| sürgünde hükümet | government in exile | |
| Süveyş Kanalı | [the] Suez Canal | Süveyş Krizi; the Suez Crisis, 1956 |
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