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Turkish | English | Examples, supplements, and explanations |
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| uçak | airplane | casus uçakları; spy planes uçak gemisi; [an] aircraft carrier |
| uçaksavar | [an] anti-aircraft weapon | |
| Ukrayna (Ukraynalı, Ukraynca) | Ukraine (a Ukrainian person/thing, the Ukrainian language) | |
| ulema | [a council of] Muslim theologians and scholars | |
| Uludağ | Mt. Olympus (in northwestern Turkey, at Bursa) | ..is a favorite Turkish ski resort. |
| ulus (ulusal, ulusça) | nation (national) | ulusça yas; national mourning |
| uluslararası | international | Uluslararası Olimpiyat Komitesi; International Olympic Committee |
| Uluslararası Para Fonu (UPF) | the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | |
| Ulusal Güvenlik Danışmanı | National Security Adviser | President Bush's National Security Advisor in November 2001 was Condoleeza Rice. And when the President deftly avoided a photo-op with Yasar Arafat at UN, she explained the snub to reporters by saying, "You can't help us with Al Qaida and hug Huzbullah at the same time." |
| Umman (Ummanlı, Arapça) | Oman (an Omani person/thing, the language of Oman [Arabic]) | |
| Umman Denizi | [the] Arabian Sea | |
| Umman Körfezi | [the] Gulf of Oman | |
| Usame bin Ladin | Osama bin Ladin | 'Mastermind' of the |
| uygar | civilized | uygarlık; civilization |
| uyuşturucu | [illegal] drugs | |
| uzak doğu | [the] far east | |
| uzay | (outer) space | uzay mekiği; space shuttle In the news: 2 Feb 2003 (Hurriyet Gazetisi) -- Uzay mekiği Columbia, 63 bin metre yükseklikte parçalanarak, düştü... The space shuttle Columbia fell while breaking apart at 63,000 meters in altitude. |
