Merhaba, Türkçe Biliyormusun? This has been a common question we have been answering since the beginning of our Turkish classes. Hello, do you speak Turkish? The answer usually being a despondent "Çok Az, Türkçe Biiyorum". We have finished with our crash course in Turkish, and now get to stumble through a language, that we otherwise wouldn't have to worry about. It makes ordering much more interesting though. We have been able to explore Istanbul much more thoroughly over this past week. Our classes begin at nine everyday, and are about a half-hour walk from our Hotel, so we have generally eaten breakfast and are out of the hotel by a quarter after. Class ends at four thirty, and we have the rest of the day for leisure. Generally trips to the grocery store, Akmerkez (the large
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