aderechelsea 124 Posted February 28, 2006 since we are going off-topic ..... when i visited Turkey for the first time and i was listening to various conversations in the street i picked up a lot of Japanese-like sounds. I thought that it is normal since Turkish people come from Mongolian tribes and that mongolia and japan must have some things in common linguisticaly speaking .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 530 Posted February 28, 2006 Is it really that cold in Chile? nope but it is that grim in grimsby (I was stupid...) "Groan!" :-D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sasanishiki 57 Posted February 28, 2006 Is it really that cold in Chile? nope Well, it must be cold in some parts of it. there are mountain ranges, and the south of the coutnry is awfully close to Antarctica Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yaezakura 0 Posted March 1, 2006 Thats why i hate writing TURKEY (Eh?) If you look at the Topic i wrote TURKIYE (Sign of approval) I've never seen it written as Turkiye, but I like that better too! :-D Is Umut a very common Turkish name? I used to work with a Turkish guy named Umut. Anyway, welcome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotoseiya Yuichi 3 Posted March 1, 2006 I heard Finnish and Turk languages (including Mongolian, Korean and Japanese) belong to Altai-Uralic languages (Really?). That theory is nowadays widely disapproved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted March 1, 2006 Hello there Coo-cook thank you for the warm welcome. I was surprised that ATATURK Monument erected in Mongolia and i am very happy about it. I am very curious about Mongolia (the people, the way of living, culture etc.) and i hope to visit Mongolia one day. Pleased to meet you by the way ;-) aderechelsea when did you visit Turkiye and where? Istanbul? I also want to say that Turks are not come from Mongolian tribe. We have our own tribe but i guess we have the same/similar/close ancestors with Mongolians. The very close language to Turkish is Azerbaijan language which is another Turkish tribe in history. Yaezakura greetings back to USA nice to meet you. Yes you cant see TURKEY written TURKIYE anywhere its not using common i am the one who writes it like that and i agree with you TURKIYE sounds better than TURKEY. Umut is not a common name its your chance to know 2 Umuts :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manekineko 200 Posted March 1, 2006 Just a quick comment about Turkish/Mongolian - AFAIK, in both languages, A®slan means Lion. ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
s0101 0 Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) Arslan means not only Lion, but also a title for "Ozeki" (Mongolian wrestling). Ohh, welcome to the board. Edited March 2, 2006 by sono Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jejima 1,299 Posted March 2, 2006 Just a quick comment about Turkish/Mongolian - AFAIK, in both languages, A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted March 2, 2006 Just a quick comment about Turkish/Mongolian - AFAIK, in both languages, A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonosuke 28 Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) Umut, I am pleased to see you are feeling comfortable here. Actually I've been to Turkey in my youthful days and due to several incidents the memory of it is quite a bit faded now...one I do not remember so well is after a binge of beer and Raki drinking, somehow I climbed up to a tree and didn't come down for hours or so they told me back then. I did touristy things like visiting a bath, bazar, coffeehouses, mosque and museum in Istanbul but I just don't remember much. Since then I've been always meaning to revisit the country without having your beer and Raki... A belated welcome abroad! Edited March 2, 2006 by Jonosuke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aderechelsea 124 Posted March 2, 2006 aderechelsea when did you visit Turkiye and where? Istanbul? october 2004 was the date and Instanbul was indeed the place. had a great time. Cheap prices on beer and coffee are my heaven. I practicaly feed solely on those two when i go abroad. The food you can buy at the streets was also perfect (it resembles naturally the food we have here) the only thing i missed doing was go to a football match (which i love doing when i visit another country). All the Instanbul teams were playing away from home ... i will come back to Turkey for sure but this time i want to go a bit further to the east. Ancara sounds good and i should give it a try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted March 2, 2006 Jonosuke, Thank you but my being comfortable here is not coming from me its the people here. I have positive electric from them so thank you to all (Bye, bye...) You did wrong mixing beer with Raki hopefully you didnt wake up in ER the following morning. Its normal that you cant remember about it. I hope to meet you in personal please be my guest in Turkiye. But i am not living in Istanbul- i am in Ankara which is the capital city. Thank you for your warm friendship believe me i am the lucky one to be one of the crew here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted March 2, 2006 aderechelsea when did you visit Turkiye and where? Istanbul? october 2004 was the date and Instanbul was indeed the place. had a great time. Cheap prices on beer and coffee are my heaven. I practicaly feed solely on those two when i go abroad. The food you can buy at the streets was also perfect (it resembles naturally the food we have here) the only thing i missed doing was go to a football match (which i love doing when i visit another country). All the Instanbul teams were playing away from home ... i will come back to Turkey for sure but this time i want to go a bit further to the east. Ancara sounds good and i should give it a try. Pls inform me when you decided to come to Ankara... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zuikakuyama 1 Posted March 3, 2006 I have been to Turkey about 5 times and I love the place. Excellent food, beautiful friendly people and some of the best sightseeing in the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonosuke 28 Posted March 6, 2006 (edited) Some may recall Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi made an official visit to Turkey early this year (Jan 11-13). At a formal dinner, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan mentioned to him that Japanese food was very healthy and helped people keep in shape. Koizumi responded to him by saying even the Japaense food could make people fat as illustrated by sumo wrestlers. Koizumi continued on by extending an invitation to Turkish athletes to try joining Ozumo. Actually this reference was reported in newspapers in Turkey and one paper had a headline that said "Koizumi Hopes for Turkish Sumo Wrestlers" (Koizumi, sumo i Edited March 6, 2006 by Jonosuke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Then i can clearly see that Sumo fits for me. I am a Military man and i always live like that. Still living in Military way at job or at home :-D In my opinion Senior-Junior understanding is very very important i see it clearly when i was in the army. Since i was a police officer (i am a Riot Police Officer in Ankara) we are "teammates & other work friends" are living in Senior-Junior way of understanding, that makes the job easier. I can say that RESPECT is the key. Secondary is LOVE. When you really Love something it doesnt matter how hard or difficult it was. I think Dural has a lack of Respect and Love about what he does. I wish i can do what he does. I wish to enter the stable and learn the philosophy. Ohh, i wish i can see Japan once b4 i die. Anyway i think he couldnt use the chance he got... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 44,165 Posted March 6, 2006 Well Koizumi and his aids may have missed one rather sad experience of a Turkish weightlifter from Antalya named Altug Dural who joined Michinoku Beya but never able to adapt to the food and culture as well as overcome language difficulty to even enter Mae-zumo. I used to chat with him a lot before he left and after he returned. Really nice guy with a great sense of humor and a healthy perspective of life. I think at some point he was disillusioned as Joe says and left. If I remember correctly, he was quite bitter about the whole experience in the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted March 7, 2006 Hmm i've read the story of Altug Dural and i guess i've changed my mind. Anyway its great to hear that a Turkish Man TRIES to get in...I hope more will come soon... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manekineko 200 Posted March 29, 2006 Trolling post from L.F. deleted, and answers of public-minded Forum members as well (my thanks to you, you know who you are). While some political and religious discussions are tolerated if they evolve naturally from a thread (and are kept sensible and reasonable), this wasn't it. I hope it won't be repeated. (Blushing...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted April 1, 2006 What is it? I didnt understand anything???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kishinoyama 582 Posted April 1, 2006 What is it? I didnt understand anything???? It wasn't worth wasting your time. :-) to the Forum! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umut66 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Thank You Kishinoyama BUT i guess what was it and i'd like to face it...Anyway maybe you are right (Sigh...) Thanks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
