Addressing
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Hanım is added to the first name while addressing to ladies while Bey is added to their first name when addressing to men. For example the lady whose name is Binnur Kandemir is called Binnur Hanım and the man whose name is Ali Parlar is called Ali Bey. Turks usually discriminate on this subject when speaking to foreigners and non-Moslems. Vaçe Muhtaryan is generally addressed as Bay Vaçe or Monsieur Vaçe or Michele Tengizman is addressed as Bayan Michele or Madame Michele. During business conferences or meetings people speak to each other Sayın followed by their surnames ignoring the gender (i.e. Defne Tesal is called Sayın Tesal)
Sometimes people are addressed by their professions. For example you can address a female lawyer as Avukat (literally lawyer) Hanım or a male doctor as Doktor Bey. You can call a male personnel on officical sites as Memur Bey, however it is not proper to call the female personnel as Memur Hanım. Any serviceman whether he is electrician, upholsterer or plumber is addressed as usta. The taxi, dolmuş and bus drivers can be addressed as Şoför Bey.
The salesman in çarşıs and pazars usually address to customers with names used
for relatives. They speak to young customers abla, abi and to
middle-aged customers teyze or amca and to the older customers
as anne, baba, nine or dede. This kind of addressing
has nothing to do with establishing any family relationship but was made up
just for addressing easiness…
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