Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook FROM OUR EDITORS
You can order that Turkish coffee with grace when you have the vocabulary to do it. Everyone knows that visitors usually find out more about a country and its people when they can speak the language, so don't deny yourself this indispensable traveling companion. Travelers to Turkey will find this pocket-size phrasebook to be absolutely essential when dealing with locals.
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Ever wanted to try those Turkish baths? Better still, to chat with the locals as you while away the hours in the steam? If only you knew to say 'saatler olsun!' - 'May it last for hours!' - the common expression Turks exchange after the baths, you might cross the first hurdle to conversation. Try it, and many more, from this phrasebook, to take you into the culture, not just passing through it.
extensive two-way dictionaryall the language you need to travel, shop, catch the sights and meet peopleplenty of colloquial usage and common expressions to help you understandconversation is easier with sections on family, interests, politics, and sportsthorough pronunciation and grammar chapters will help you actually learn the language
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