In Mannheim, Germany, there is a Turkish school. Its name is Sema Privatschule. You can see their website here:
sema-privatschule.de

Do you know we kiss the hands of the old people as a tradition? We do that, especially in Bayram time. There is a commercial video, you must see it, a very cute boy kisses hands of the old people and get candies or money. And he think that it is a "job" of a bayram :D
Cute and funny :)
By the way, that is a candy commrecial.
el= hand
öpmek= to kiss
el öpmek: to kiss a hand
el öpülmek: passive voice
el öpülür: a hand is kissed (or hands are kissed)
bayramda el öpülür: hands are kissed in bayram :)

Enjoy! Read more »

Kahvaltı means breakfast. Have you ever made breakfast in Turkey? Or let's say "Turkish type"... I found a nice photo for you as a clue about how a classic turkish breakfast is. This photo was taken by "Binnur" on Flickr.com

There is a note below the photo, it says this is from the website turkishcookbook.com. Original recipe is here. Read more »

Kalpsiz means Heartless.

Badem is a nice band that cover old Turkish etnic songs generally. And Özlem Tekin is a cool rocker singer. I like them all but now, they did something new together. I like the song about "an old love". I hope you like as well. Read more »

A rug trade experience in Turkey:

What I Learned Buying a Rug in Turkey by Mitchell Weisburgh.

A nice story for trade education :)

"Is Anybody There", a Turkish aid organization is honored by the Peruvian Parliament. Peru experienced a bad earthquake on August 15, 2007. Is Anybody There helped Peruvian people. The Peruvian government said "Is Anybody There" was the only international aid organization which helped it's people during the earthquake.

Full story and a video of this news is in Ebru TV website, click to watch it.

I found a nice shot, a good photo of lokum, or as it is known as "Turkish delight". Indeed, we Turks call it Lokum! Delicious one!

here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/merve_yilmaz84/2728274946/

This must be a new band, honestly I haven't heard them before. But when I watched their new clip, I think that may look interesting for you. This is a complex song, it has some different types of technics as instruments and rhytms. It sounds like a bit classic music, on the other way, it is like a Turkish etnic song, "türkü".

The clip is also interesting because it is funny, and looks like a Super Mario game.

Sarı saçlı: (someone) who has yellow hair
ela gözlü: (someone) who has hazel eye
Here is the song, I hope you enjoy :) Read more »