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PRONUNCIATION

The Turkish words in the text are written with the Turkish phonetic alphabet used commonly in Turkish orthography. The individual letters have the following values:-

C is pronounced J, as in Cengis = Jengis or Cumhur = Jumhur

Ç is pronounced Ch, as in Çayhane = Chayhane

I without a dot is pronounced Er as in Yazιköy = Yazerkoy

Ğ in the middle of a word is pronounced silently as in olacağım =olaja’erm

Ş is pronounced Sh, as in Şerefe = Sherefe

Ü is pronounced Oo, as in Gün = Goon

David is transcribed in Turkish as Deyvit

I have used the Turkish spelling of Knidos rather than the Anglicised version Cnidus except where it is used directly or indirectly from quotations. Actually, the local Turks, not liking two consonants together, pronounce the name as ‘Kinidos’.

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