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I was very tired after a whole semester and I needed vacations in order to relax. For that reason, I went to a beach village, and "kafamı dinledim".

kafa dinlemek or (in other words "kafayı/kafasını dinlemek") means "to get relaxed". kafa means "head", and dinlemek means "to listen". When you put these words together, it means "to listen to (the/your) head". But as you can see, this is a special phrase. It also means that you need a quite/silent atmosphere. If someone disturbs you by making noise during your relax session, you can remind him that you need some silence by using it.

When you use this phrase, you should be careful about the personal possesive pronouns:more Read more »

I have a new cousin. The son of my uncle was born a couple of weeks ago.
In Turkey, when we hear that someone has a new baby, or meet someone that he has children, we say Allah bağışlasın

bağışlamak is a verb. It means "to excuse" or "to forgive" or "to have mercy". Allah bağışlasın is a saying something like "God bless him/her". Or you may think it as "May Allah (God) forgive him/her to you" (let the baby live with you), because of the belief that he/she is a gift from Him.

There is also one more saying for the babies: Allah analı babalı büyütsün. It means, "May Allah let the baby grow with the parents". Read more »