A demonstration of 3 Turkish hand gestures you will see everyday in Turkey. There is a place to buy the book: www.TurkishHands.com.

Learn another Turkish hand gesture--a serious component of Turkish character and culture. See more in my book of hand gestures: www.TurkishHands.com

Turks speak volumes with their hands. Watch the description of this particular hand gesture which I put in the category of emotional gestures, revenge related. You can see more gestures in my book that you can download at www.turkishands.com

Tara L. Alisbah was born in Ankara, Turkey in the year 1970. By the age of three she had lived in as many countries (Turkey, America, India) and become utterly confused by language and communication. As an adult she felt the need to combine her two halves (or three thirds or....) and took a year off from college to live in Turkey with relatives and begin her study of Turkish in earnest. Eventually, after much back and forth and work that didn't always fit a distinct trajectory, Tara found her niche as a Turkish culture specialist. This habit of not always taking the straight and obvious path is probably what allowed her to see the subtle layer of expressiveness Turks display in spite of their usual verbal indirectness.

Bir süre Türkiye'de yaşayan Tara Alisbah, Türkler'in kendilerini ifade etmek için ellerini ne kadar sık kullandığına tanık olmuş. Tara Alisbah, Türkçe öğrenmek ve Türk kültürünü anlamak isteyenler için günlük hayatta çoğu zaman farketmeden kullandığımız bu el hareketlerini bir kitapta derlemiş. Tara Alisbah Yenal Küçüker'e kitabını ve ilginç aile geçmişini anlattı