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Turkish Newspaper Readers Encyclopedic Dictionary 'Ş' 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, Index Turkish Movies - Best-Looking Bad Girl of the 1970s, Sevda Ferdağ Bad Girls of the 1970s Turkish Cinema, Aliye Rona Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme (Dini Motifli Filmler) 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 Ş     Şam (14k bytes) Damascus [Syria] Map of Damascus in Turkish Left click for image enlargement. Şanghay (14k bytes) Shanghai [China] Believe it or Not! Due to an odd set of circumstances, this is the birthplace of LPT's webmaster. Şanlı Urfa or Şanlıurfa (Only on CD) a southwestern province of Turkey on the border with Syria Map of Şanlı Urfa in Turkish Left click for image enlargement. şansölye (Only on CD) chancellor   şarbon (Only on CD) anthrax A deadly disease of sheep and cattle transferrable to humans. şartsız teslim (Only on CD) unconditional surrender   'şer ekseni' 'axis of evil' ...the term coined by President Bush (the younger) in the run-up to the Second Gulf War (2003) -- to describe the regimes (in Iraq, Iran, and North Korea) most antipathetic to American/Western interests at the time... şeriat (10k bytes) [the] Shari'a, Islamic law, canon law Law that is laid down in the Holy Koran. şeriatçı; an Islamic fundamentalist (sb who favors having the Shari'a as the law of the land) şiddet (Only on CD) violence   Şii See entry in the Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire.   Şili (Şilili, İspanyolca) (Only on CD) Chile (a Chilean person/thing, the language of Chile [Spanish])   şövenizm (Only on CD) chauvinism ...is excessive and unreasonable patriotism, similar to 'jingoism'. The word comes from the name of a French soldier (Nicolas Chauvin) who retained a simpleminded devotion to Napoleon and all things military -- which was typical among veterans of Napoleon's armies after 1815.66 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, Index Turkish Movies - Best-Looking Bad Girl of the 1970s, Sevda Ferdağ Bad Girls of the 1970s Turkish Cinema, Aliye Rona Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme (Dini Motifli Filmler) 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 Turkish Numbers Revealed 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...