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Learning Turkish, as any other language, is a matter of intense
contact, interest and practice of the spoken and written language. The
Turkish media may become an endless source for learning, practising and
improving your Turkish, to explore the Turkish culture or other
interests (history, politics, music, ...).
Folowing you will find real examples from the Turkish television. These are only small bits, not always complete sentences.
The following examples may help you to learn and understand the Turkish used in the media.
Turkish Satellite Television
There's a lot of Turkish TV out there, and with that comes the
golden opportunity of enhancing your Turkish, exposing yourself to
Turkish culture and learning more colloquial language.
To improve your Turkish, you will want to watch:
- TRT - the BBC of Turkey
- Show TV - very entertaining, you'll find lots of good dizis (soap operas), dubbed films, and shows here
- CNN Türk - you can probably guess what that is!
- NTV Türkiye - Turkey's biggest news channel (bigger than CNN Türk)
- Kanal D - another major Turkish channel
- MTV Türkiye - You can guess what this is, too!
- ATV Türkiye - another major Turkish channel
- Fox Türkiye - and you can guess this one, aswell!
- Kral TV - one of Turkey's many music channels, but plays exclusively Turkish Music
For satellite frequencies, click here!
Turkish Music
Turkish music can be very usefull while you are learning Turkish.
Turkish music is very diverse, and as of today, both Turkish popular
and folk music is of critical acclaim. In this page you will learn
about the most popular Turkish artists of each genre, and learn some
song lyrics, too.
By the way, it might sound weird because it's in another language, but just try to adjust. Turkify yourself. Go wild!
Pop
These days, it seems very easy to get a record deal in Turkey. There
are many artists whose songs are all similar and have mediocre talent.
The list of artists below are a few of those who are the best in the
Turkish music industry because they stand out from the others and, of
course, make good music:
* Tarkan (arguably the most popular male pop artist EVER)
o Listen to:
+ Şımarık (his defining song, copied by Holly Valance [what a cow!])
+ Dudu - (Wife)
+ Bounce (an English song)
* Grup Hepsi (on the Turkish Pepsi Ads)
o Listen to:
+ Olmaz Oğlan
+ Yalan - (Lie)
+ Kalpsizsin - (You're Heartless)
+ Tempo
* Kenan Doğulu
o Listen to:
+ Çakkıdı
* Gülşen (or international Gülshen)
o Listen to:
+ Ya Tutarsa
* Sertab Erener (winner of Eurovision 2003)
o Listen to:
+ Kumsalda - (On the Sand)
+ Every Way That I Can (Eurovision winner. Yes it's English, but it's a good song!)
+ Here I Am
+ Leave
* Nil Karaibrahimgil (or just Nil)
o Listen to:
+ Bütün Kızlar Toplandık - (All the Girls Have Gotten Together)
+ Pırlanta - (Diamond)
* Hande Yener (known for her very eccentric videos and style)
o Listen to:
+ Sen Yoluna...Ben Yoluma
+ Kim Bilebilir Aşkı - (Who Knows Love?)
+ Aşkın Ateşi - (The Fire of Love)
Rock
A lot of Turkish rock music tends to be really dark, but I suppose
those artists tend to be the successful ones. The only exceptions I can
actually think of are:
* Barış Manço, one of Turkey's most famous people, and had a large following in Japan.
* Athena, a very popular ska-punk band
Everyone else makes at least relatively dark music.
* maNga (Turkey's most popular nu metal band)
o Listen to:
+ Bir Kadın Çizeceksin
+ Bitti Rüya - (The Dream Has Ended)
+ Dursun Zaman - (Time Should Stop)
* Şebnem Ferah
o Listen to:
+ Ben Şarkımı Söylerken - (While I'm Singing My Song)
* Teoman
* Kurban
* Mor ve Ötesi
* Pentagram
* Çilekeş
Rap / Hip-Hop
Hip-hop and rap in Turkey is quickly flourishing, and in the list below
you will find Turkey's most popular hip-hop / rap artists.
* İsmail YK
* Ceza
* Nefret
* Sagopa Kajmer
Arabesque music
Arabesque music is very popular in Turkey. Here is a list of the most popular Arabesque singers.
* Müslüm Gürses
* Ebru Gündeş
* Orhan Gencebay
* İbrahim Tatlıses
Turkish folk music
* İlhan Şeşen
* Mercan Dede
Turkish classical music
Turkish classical music isn't like the classical music in the west. It
is very popular and if you're not a fan of Western classical music you
might like Turkish classical music. Here are some examples of popular
Turkish classical musicians:
* Zeki Müren
* Bülent Ersoy
* Emel Sayın
Turkish Movies
Movies are another usefull source for learning Turkish. There are two ways in which you will be able to have access Turkish
movies. If you live somewhere with a large Turkish diaspora (Germany,
any major European city, NY or LA) then you will almost definitely have
access to a cinema screening a Turkish movie (the list of places is
kind of like a sliding scale, starting from "definitely", to "maybe").
You could also buy Turkish movies on DVD from a local Turkish
supermarket (there are lots around Western Europe) or online. This
would actually be a better idea because you could opt to put on English
subtitles to make actually understanding the movie a lot easier.
Here is a list of some of the Turkish movies out there
- Babam ve Oğlum - i.e.: My father, My Son. According to an Istanbul poll, 96% of viewers cried at least once during the movie.
- G.O.R.A. - a successful Turkish comedy parodying many recent sci-fi movies.
- Sınav - i.e.: Exam. A teen movie starring Jean Claude Van Damme, criticising the Turkish university entrance examination. See ÖSS
- Kurtlar Vadisi Irak - i.e.:The Valley of the Wolves Iraq. A successful spinoff of the very controversial yet extremely popular Turkish series (See Valley of the Wolves)
criticising the Iraq War (this movie is based on real life events),
this has been the highest grossing Turkish movie of all time. Starring
Billy Zane.
- Uzak - i.e.: Distant. An award-winning Turkish movie, winner of the 2003 Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Turkish on the internet
Here are some very useful websites for you to visit. You've got
dictionaries, language exchange websites, everything you'll need while
you are learning Turkish! These websites has the following tags in
their contents; Learning
Turkish, Free Turkish Learning Lessons, Online Turkish Learning, Learn
Turkish Free,Turkish,Learn Turkish,Turkish Language Class,Learn Turkish
language online,Distance Turkish Learning Center,Learn Turkish
Online,Learn Turkish Free,Learn Basic Turkish,Learn Turkish Online
Turkish newspapers & magazines
One of the best ways of learning the Turkish language is to read
Turkish things. Below you will find a list of newspapers and magazines
which will help build up your knowledge of Turkish.
Dergiler (Magazines)
Magazines are a good way to both learn colloquial language and to learn the terms used in your field(s) of interest.
Coğrafya (Geography)
Erkek (Mens)
Genç (Teens)
Kadın (Womens)
Kültür ve Siyaset (Culture & Politics)
Moda (Fashion)
Müzik (Music)
Tasarım (Design)
Teknoloji (Technology)
Velilik (Parenting)
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