custom and etiquette in turkey

Multidisciplinary Flipped Learning with ICT

Erasmus+ KA2 Project FLwICT

(2015 – 2017)

CUSTOM AND ETIQUETTE OF TURKEY

The Fourth Project Meeting in Latvia

(04–08 April 2016)Girne Secondary School

As a sign of respect, we kiss family elders’ hands and shake hands with young ones in family, relatives and familiar environment.

INTRODUCTİON AND GREETİNG

We visit to our family elders in religious holidays. Also we kiss their hands and they give some small gifts like handkerchiefs,candies,etc or some pocket money, so it makes us so happy.


In daily life, people use some greeting expressions like “Good Morning, Good Evening, Hello, Goodbye”.



Turkish

Merhaba

Hello


Turkish

In our country, young ones don’t call older people with their first names. As a sign of respect,they use some title adjectives like aunt, uncle, etc. before their first names.


In our country, there is a custom of giving gift in birthdays, Christmas times, wedding ceremonies in general.

In addition to this, giving present (it is usually pinning gold coin) in circumsicion feast, baby shower or as a housewarming gift is also customary.

Besides,giving present to people who have sons joining the army or who have children getting into university is also our custom.

GİFT GİVİNG ETİQUETTE İN TURKEY

An image of jewelry ceremony in a wedding.


Jewelry ceremony in circumcision feast.


A newborn baby is pinned gold coin by relatives and close friends.


A young man is given some pocket money or clothes which is useful during military service as a gift by friends and relatives.


Meal Time

Breakfast: We have our breakfast between 08.00 and 10.00 am.

Lunch: We have our lunch between 12.00 and 01.00 pm.

Dinner: We have our dinner between 06.30 and 08.30 pm.

DİNİNG ETİQUETTE İN TURKEY(TİME -DRESS -TABLE MANNERS)

Generally we have our breakfast at 8.00-10.00 am.We try to be together with our families as much as possible.

Absolutely we have steeped tea,fried bread, butter, cheese,olive,tomato, cucumber, egg, jam, honey etc. After finishing breakfast, we usually drink Turkish coffee.

Breakfast


Traditional Turkish breakfast


Tea, gevrek (traditional Turkish bagel), and Boyoz (a traditional Turkish pastry) are remarkable for Turkish breakfast.


Breakfast

Turkish cofee is drunk with friends around 11.00 am in the morning.


We have lunch beetween 12.00 and 13.00 pm in schools, offices, houses or restaurants. For example,we can have some vegetable, dishes, meat or legume or soup in our lunch.


LUNCH TIME

It is a custom that it is very common for housewifes in general and various catering products is served with tea.For instance, everybody serve same products like börek (a kind of pastry) cookies,delights and cakes,etc.to show their skills and after that,absolutely Turkish coffee is served.


FIVE O’CLOCK TEA TIME

It is very rich contented meal which is had between 18.30 and 20.30 pm.


DINNER TIME

As a beginning, we have soup, and then certainly salad and main course (generally meat), rice, pasta and various snacks. If it is preferred to drink non-alcohalic drinks with meal, it will be ayran.


DINNER TIME

Tarhana Soup

Rice with Chicken Iskender Döner

Dinner time is finished with dessert and fruit services and then, tea and coffee is served again.


DINNER TIME

Kazandibi Baklava Kadayıf

There is a table setting that whole family join there. Family elders sit in the seat of honor and nobody begin to eat before them.


TABLE MANNERS

In religious holidays, all family and relatives come together and eat special foods for that day joyfully. In these days, everyone-especially children-wear their new clothes and sit down to a meal with a great care.


TABLE MANNERS

Neighbourhood relations is very important in our country. Communicating with neighbours and helping each other is so common. All neighbours support and help each other in wedding ceremonies, funerals and festivals.

In some places like public transport vehicles etc. young ones always give up their seat to elderly, behave in a respectful manner and help them.

Speaking loudly in society and interrupting while elder ones are speaking is so unwelcome behaviours.

SOCİAL RULES(DOS AND DONT’S İN SOCİETY)

Generally national education guidelines are practised in school in our country.

Lessons start at 09.00 am and finish at 3. 20 pm in our school.

TURKİSH EDUCATİON SYSTEM & SCHOOL RULES

School starts after raising the flag ceremony and singing the Turkish National Anthem on Monday morning.

On Friday, school finishes at 3.20 pm.after the ceremony of singing the Turkish National Anthem and weekend holiday starts.


Lesson periods last forty minutes and there are seven lessons in a day totally.

Break times last ten minutes and lunch break lasts fifty minutes.


Except for lessons periods, there are many free courses to support students' academic, athletic and artistic developments in our school.


Folkdance Team The Girls Soccer Team

THE ART WORKİNGS OF THE STUDENTS

THE ART EXHIBITION

Our Students Success In The Sports Area

THANKS FOR

WATCHING

PREPARED BY TURKİSH STUDENTS

SILA BUBERCI

AYLIN BOZYEL

TOLGA YAMAN

MERT OLUCAK

KARSIYAKA GIRNE ORTAOKULU

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