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Here is my next cultural CAF: a Turkish family. I know the names are quite hideous to many people, but there are a lot of names in Turkey. For pronounciation: C is pronounced like J and Ç is pronounced like Ch, therefore Cemal = Jamal, and Çagatay = Chagatay. Some Turkish letters won't show up on the screen, so I typed in similar ones. The source of the names are the website at the bottom and the names of Turkish historical figures, politicians, celebrities, and athletes. Don't provide nicknames because I know nothing about nicknames in Turkey. Please note that a few names are unisex.

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DH: Can, Kayitbay, Afsar, Macit, Sinan, Üzeyir (deceased)
DW: Tülay, Esma, Perestü, Melike, Ayse, Hümeyra (93)

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-DD: Hayriye, Filiz, Döndü, Rüya, Yildiz, Meltem (70)
-DS1: Dogu, Mulk, Bayezit, Turan, Sükrü, Hisam (68)
-DS2: Hamza, Levent, Oguzhan, Sefer, Yusuf, Elmalig (65)

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DD's family:

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-DH: Mehmet, Abaza, Çetin, Ugur, Genco, Latif (74)
-DW: Same as DD (70)
--DS: Mümin, Kafkas, Deniz, Evliya, Ragip, Yaman (50)
--DW: Süher, Yeter, Gül, Neslihan, Kamuran, Itir (46)
---DS: Halis, Suat, Muammer, Nesim, Batu, Ishak (25)
---DD: Zaide, Beyhan, Mehves, Sevval, Çidem, Fulya (22)
---DS: Tesa, Faik, Kemal, Mahzun, Zülfü, Recep (19)
--DD: Adalet, Simten, Nükhet, Tuba, Ezgi, Gülistan (46)
--DH: Korkut, Aytaç, Behlül, Nüzhet, Izzet, Savci (47)
---DS: Mahmut, Yakup, Salik, Hüsamettin, Iskender, Cem (22)
---DD: Oya, Emine, Meryem, Aysem, Gönül, Zeynep (20)

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DS1's family:

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-DH: Same as DS1 (67)
-DW: Rengin, Yagmur, Enise, Menekse, Gulsevin, Alev (67)
--DS: Samil, Okan, Hakan, Erdem, Tanju, Aslan (44)
--DW: Reside, Pembe, Aysegul, Merih, Hürriyet, Serra (44)
---DS: Halit, Levent, Serkan, Murat, Aydin, Osman (20)
---DS: Bektas, Derya, Köksal, Erol, Munis, Süleyman (16)
---DS: Selçuk, Cemal, Melik, Turhan, Erdem, Kaan (13)
--DD: Yüksel, Isin, Eti, Berrak, Sehnaz, Tuba (42)
--DH: Ismail, Baybars, Kadri, Timur, Selim, Özbek (42)
---DD: Isil, Ayla, Havva, Gamze, Sabiha, Nil (17)
---DD: Güngör, Dilara, Nurhan, Piraye, Zümrüt, Masal (14)
--DS: Nizam, Emre, Abdi, Halil, Gökhan, Vural (39)
--DW: Melek, Ulviye, Ajda, Kumru, Gülben, Ebru (37)
---DS: Ismet, Tevfik, Enis, Ömer, Nizamettin, Celil (10)
--DS: Adem, Serif, Resit, Kerim, Cengiz, Gökay (37)
--DD: Hatice, Fatma, Vanga, Neslisah, Elmas, Aydan (40)
---DstepD: Asli, Nurgül, Inci, Selale, Güldeste, Münire (17)
---DD: Sidika, Lalehan, Zülfiye, Melda, Berna, Esmeray (12)
---DS: Atilla, Emir, Rüknettin, Hüseyin, Koca, Ünver (10)

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DS2's family:

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-DH: Same as DS1 (64)
-DW: Kivan, Dicle, Pinar, Salime, Hale, Vahide (64)
--DD: Selma, Defne, Ülkü, Müjde, Hürrem, Sehrazat (41)
--DH: Bahadir, Serhat, Fuat, Cemil, Nur, Isa (44)
---DS: Mevlut, Hamit, Riza, Turgay, Bülent, Ibrahim (19)
---DD: Derya, Safiye, Yasemin, Aylin, Halide, Nuray (17)
---DS: Yasin, Tolga, Cihan, Aykan, Necmettin, Kiral (14)
---DD: Kader, Suat, Gülriz, Fikriye, Ilknur, Ömür (12)
--DS: Lutfi, Idris, Tayyib, Bora, Faruk, Kutsal (39)
--DW: Zehra, Elif, Sümeyya, Hafize, Nazli, Reyhan (39)
---DS: Vedat, Orhan, Musa, Esref, Timuçin, Abdullah (14)
---DD: Sakire, Merve, Ceylin, Züleyha, Betül, Dilhan (12)
---DS/DS: Babür, Çagatay, Sait, Mustafa, Kamil, Volkan / Koray, Barak, Mehmet, Gökberk, Sakir, Yüksel (9)
--DS: Orkut, Aziz, Nur, Cihangir, Fikri, Yahya (36)
--DW: Deniz, Nergis, Latife, Yelda, Songül, Hilal (35)
---DD: Banu, Gülten, Leyla, Tansu, Nilgün, Zübeyde (11)
---DS: Pinar, Burhan, Hasan, Ziya, Mahir, Türker (9)

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If you liked it a lot, check out this link:

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http://www.geocities.com/~abdulwahid/muslimarticles/names_turkish.html

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I had to alter some of the letters when I pasted it to WordPad.

This message was edited 11/3/2008, 3:24 PM