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Turkey

•Loyalty and commitment are based on long-term relationships.EX: Turks people are prefer to do business with those how trust and feel comfortable with. Also, those that can provide a long term relationship.

•Relationship centric negotiating. EX: Turks people are prefer to do negotiating with those they know and respect, therefore spend time establishing a personal relationship.

•Build relationships. EX: Once a relationship has been established, communication is direct.

•Consider the development of today’s relationships.EX: Relationships are fostered in the office, over extended lunches, dinners, and social outings.

•Focus on establishing what bring honor. EX: It may not always be necessary to focus on financial benefits when negotiating. It is just as useful to point to areas such as power, influence, honor and respect.

Worldview (Honor vs. Shame)

customsGreetings

Dress codecustoms

customsSeating arrangements at meetings

Folk dance

customs

Horon

Barhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4twNZMI-sg

Marriagecustoms

Business card exchange

• Business cards are exchanged without formal ritual.

• Use both hands to exchange cards.

• Present your business card to the receptionist when you arrive.

• business card some time write by English and Turkish language .

• Quite often Turks do not give their business card unless they are certain that they wish to establish a business relationship.

customs

Gift exchangecustoms

Famous buildings in Turkey

Ephesus Aspendos Theatre

Side Kayaköy

The Blue Mosque

• Blue Mosque, it’s also called , The Sultan Ahmed Mosque .

• It's name is derived from the blue tiles decorating its interior.

• It has a beautiful domes that cascade down from the great central dome.

• A notable feature of the Blue Mosque is that it has six minarets as it is unusual to have more than four.

• It has also become one of the most popular tourist attraction in Istanbul. like many other mosques it contains the tomb of the founder “Sultan Ahmed”.

Hagia sophia

• One of the main tourist attractions in Istanbul, the Hagia Sophia known as Ayasofya in Turkish, is also referred to as the Church of St Sophia.

• In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II, who ordered the Hagia Sophia converted from a church into a mosque.

• It was to remain an Islamic mosque till 1935, when it was transformed into a museum.

Bodrum Castle

Bodrum Castle (Bodrum Kalesi), also known as The Castle of St)Saint(. Peter, in Bodrum, Turkey was built by the Knights Hospitaller in 1402 in order to offer protection from the

invading Seljuk Turks.

Constructed according to the highest standards at the time, it remained an important Christian stronghold for over a century, serving as a focal point in Asia Minor. Bodrum Castle incorporates many pieces from the nearby Mausoleum of Mausolus, including

sculptures and building materials, the latter of which were used to strengthen Bodrum Castle from invasion by Sultan Suleiman in 1522.

Today, Bodrum Castle is open to the public and houses the world renowned Museum of Underwater Archaeology founded in 1962. 

French towerAn ancient disused cannon facing the Sea of Marmaras

Ottoman banners hanging in the English Tower

Stained-glass Knights Hospitaller coats of arms in the English tower

TURKEY’S BODY LANGUAGE

• As any country Turkey has its own body language. It can be kind of funny or even strange for some other culture to watch those gestures and try to understand what a person is trying to tell you. Understanding the body language also understands the culture of a country.

So here are some main body languages that you will see in Turkey. Enjoy!

• Friends Greeting

TURKEY’S BODY LANGUAGE

• Thumbs up

• Staring at someone

• point your finger or the sole of your shoe toward a person.

TURKEY’S BODY LANGUAGE

TURKEY’S BODY LANGUAGE• Good • Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4WAbMzonA

• No https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cPQlbsSmak

Turkish proverbs

• Babası oğluna bir bağ bağışlamış, oğul babaya bir salkım üzüm vermemiş.

The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a single bunch of grapes to the father. Used when a person does something ungrateful and selfish to another person who made good deeds for him.

• Baban nasılsa oğlu da öyledir.Such father, such son.

English equivalent: Like father, like son."Sons may look and behave like their fathers.

• Bakmakla usta olunsa, köpekler kasap olurdu” “if you could learn by looking alone dogs would be butchers”.

Turkish proverbs

Famous Food

• Baklawa• Fig • Turkish tea

Interesting facts

• Baba(father).• Anne(mother).• Evet (Yes).• Lütfen(Please).• Tamam(ok).• Teşekkürler(Thank you).• Ne?(What?).• Ne zaman?( When?).• Güzel(beautiful).• Günaydın(Good morning, good day).

Let’s learn Turkish

Let’s play!• Baba (Yes).

• Anne (mother).

• Evet (father).

• Lütfen (beautiful).

• Tamam (ok).

• Teşekkürler (Good morning, good day).

• Ne? (What?).

• Ne zaman? ( When?).

• Güzel (Please).

• Günaydın (Thank you).

References1-http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_109

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-turkish/

http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/LanguageGuide/100words_lessons/

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/turkey-country-profile.html 2- Interview with Turkish Girl .

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