Relations with Relatives
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A family meeting
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The core family: anne (mother), baba (father), kız Çocuk (daughter), erkek Çocuk (son), ağabey (older brother), abla (older sister).
The relatives on the mother's side are anneanne (grandmoth er), dede (grandfather), teyze (aunt - mother's sister), eniŞte (teyze's husband), dayı (uncle - mother's brother), yenge (dayı's wife), yeğen (sister's and brother's child) and kuzen (teyze's and dayı's children).
The relatives on the father's side are babaanne (grandmother), büyükbaba (grandfather), hala (aunt - father's sister), eniŞte (hala's husband), amca (uncle à father's brother), yenge (amca's wife), yeğen (sister's and brother's child), kuzen (hala's and amca's children).
Elti (two brothers' wives to each other), baldız (the wife's sister), bacanak (two sisters' husbands to each other), kayınÇo (kayınbirader) (the wife's brother), görümce (the husband's sister) kayınvalide or kaynana (mother-in-law), kayınpeder or kaynata (father in law) are the relatives you have by marriage.
Some of the close friends of the family called teyze and amca by the children; like Jane teyze, Richard amca. Moreover it is common to hear some sellers addressing you as amca, teyze, abla, abi.