The "FONO" Stories

The Fono Stories are a collection of stories taken from a three inch thick, old dusty out of print grammar book I found a few years back.  They are all comic short stories and are presented in a side by side manner in the text book and which I recorded with the voice of the HCA Podcast, Mehmet.  
  • The Police and The Thief:  A rookie police officer is up against a sneaky thief and his own gullibility in this humorous story.
  • An Artist: An artist is flattered by a man's desire for a painting in leu of payment for a bill until he finds out the reason why.
  • Good Driver:  An elderly gentleman is surprised by a police officer's poor driving.
  • Quick Thinking:  A con man needs to think quick after telling his story to the wrong person.
  • The Bookseller and the Doctor:  A cheapskate bookseller pays more in trying to pay less.

Turkish Podcasts

Podcasts in Turkish.  Listen or Download.

  • SBS Turkish:  A great podcast for Turkish.  This podcast covers a wide variety of topics and episodes come in a wide variety of lengths.  Subscribe today!
  • The Voice of America:  The VOA has a new daily podcast that is a 30 minute news program.  Follow the link to find out how to subscribe or listen. 
  • Civil Society- The general manager of Radio Shema invites different leaders of well known groups to be a guest on this show that talks about their different organizations and how they affect society.
  • Europodians Turkçe - This a a podcast for a a course.  Lots of dialogues and all in Turkish.  The website has a list of topics but you need to be a member to access them.  You can listen to and download 84 different lessons at the itunes though.  Just search for "Europodians Turkce".
  • Happily Married - Psycologists Ali and Pervin Kalkandelen are the writers and presenters of this program. They take examples of different problems that would be experienced in a typical marriage and look at the deeper issues that may be there. If you want a marriage that has more joy and happiness you do not want to miss this program.
  • The Journal - All subjects talked about on this program are from a different perspective. Everyday we choose different countries and different subjects. Look at what is going on with the different point of view of Radio Shema.
  • Şimdi Neredeler - Three minutes of fun pop culture where are they now.  Great show.

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  • Cultural Interviews with Turkish-Speaking Executives is a compilation of brief video clips in which Turkish executives discuss cultural issues that are of interest to North Americans. The objective of the interviews is three-fold: First, provide practical cultural information about business topics. Second, the interviews provide vocabulary in areas within a professional setting. Third, these materials provide non-native speakers of Turkish with multiple examples of natural speech. (taken from the website)
  • Culture Talk: CultureTalk features video clips of interviews and discussions with people from many different countries and of many different ages and walks of life. Some interviews and discussions are in English; more are in the language(s) of the countries involved. Translations and/or transcripts are given for all non-English video clips. Topics include family, food, education, religious and cultural customs, work, art, sport, travel, and more. (taken from the website)

Literature

Turkish or translated literature.  Excerpts or entire works.

  • TT Cocuk:  A great website for you and for your kids.  If you are just getting started with Turkish, listen to the stories first in English and then in Turkish.  If your a bit further along in the process, check out the Turkish folk tales to learn more about Turkish culture while getting a little listening practice as well.  
  • Turkish New Testament-  No book is more read throughout the world than the Bible.  For those of you familiar with the stories of the New Testament then, listeining to the very narrative Gospel's of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John can be a great piece of listening.  Listen to one chapter daily.  You can find the free download of the entire New Testament at itunes.  
  • Koran - Like the Bible, read the world over.  I would like to have a link to an audio version of the Turkish Koran, but can't find one - if you know of one or if there is one on itunes that I just can't find, help me out and let me know. Thanks.

  Other Websites

    Other listening material from other websites.
  • Turkish Tutor:  This is a great website that uses the long standing Turkish television show, Bizimkiler, as its source of content.  Watch the short tutorial at the home page.  

  Speeches

    Speeches by Turks.
  • Ataturk:  In this short 2 minute video, Ataturk gives a speech to the American people.  The sound quality is not great, but it is very interesting to see actual footage of this great leader.

Online News Radio

Turkish Talk Radio: A comprehensive list of talk radio programs you can stream.

Streema: Another big list of online radio stations you can stream.

Turkish Music:  A list of music stations from Turkey that you can stream.