Turkish 112_ Week 11

[Shayna Webb]

I watched the first season of Muhteşem Yüzyıl. It is a Turkish, dramatic tv show about the height of the Ottoman Empire. Muhteşem Yüzyıl means the greatest century. I watch it with English subtitles. I learned a few new words by listening to the Turkish and reading the English translation. What I really enjoy about the show is that there are characters that switch back and forth between Russian and Turkish and I know when they are speaking either with ease. The show also uses some Ottoman Turkish, and I can pick up on this because of my Arabic background. They will use the word with the Arabic origin rather than the latin origin. For example, rakis (arabic influenced word for dance) and dans (the English influenced word for dance). I think being able to pick up on this is a good indicator that I have trained my ears for Turkish. Even though I may not know all the words they are saying in Turkish, I know that they are Turkish words or if they are not. Fun fact: Turkey is the second largest export of TV and movies in the world. I noticed the Turkish tv shows were very popular in the Jordan and Morocco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdeCtflj514 ;