Useful Turkish Words Hello Merhaba (Mer-ha-ba) Good morning Gunaydin (Goon-ay-dun) Good evening Iyi Aksamlar (Ee-y-Ak-sham-lar) Good night Iyi Geceler (Ee-Gejeler) Goodbye Hosca kalin (hosh cha Kalun) Allahaismarladik (Allahs-mala-duhk) If you are the person leaving Gule gule (Gulay-Gualy) If you are the person staying Welcome Hos geldiniz (hosh geldiniz). If you are the person leaving. If you are greeted with this, the reply you should give is Hos Bulduk (Hosh bull-duhk) nice to be here,literally pleasantly found. Excuse me Pardon (pardon) to get past Affedersiniz (afer-dersiniz) to attract attention Ozur dilerim (urz urr dilerim) to say sorry How much? kac para (kach para) para = money How many? Kac tane? (kach taneh) tane = times How are you? Nasil-siniz? (nass-uh sun uh) Is there any? Varmi? (varmuh) ekmek varmi? = is there any bread? Do you speak English? Ingilizce biliyor musunuz? (engeeleejeh bill-i-yor mus-sun-uz) Please Lutfen (Loot-fen) Thank you Teskkur ederim (teshekur-ederum) Thanks = Tesekkuler (teshekur-lurbr> Or ok mersi (chok merci) thanks very much Yes Evet (evet) No Hayir (hi-uhr) or Yok no; there isn't any (left); literally it does not exist Okay Taman (taman) , I want istiyorum (ist-i-yorum) Pardon (me) Efendim (eff-en-dim), as in I didn't understand/hear Where? Nerede? (nehre-deh) Topkai Muzesi nerede = hwere is the Topkapi museum Which? Hangi? (han-guh) Hangi otobus? = which bus Hot Sicak (suh-jak) Hot Aci (a-juh) = spicy Cold Soguk (so-uk) Bill (Hesap (hessap) Open Acik (ajik) also means clear in terms of skies Closed Kapali (kapalug) Salt Tuz Pepper Biber (bee-ber) Oil Zetinyagi (sey-ten-yar) Vinegar Sirke Numbers 1: Bir (beer) 2: Iki (ikee) 3: Uc(ooch) 4: Dort (dirt) 5: Bes (besh) 6: Alte (alte) 7: Yedi (yeh-di) 8: Sekiz (sekiz) 9: Dokuz (dokuz) 10: On 11: On bir 20: Yirmi 100: Yuz 1000: Bin