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kurmuş bir arkadaşımız

English translation: a friend of ours who organized


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Turkish term or phrase:kurmuş bir arkadaşımız
English translation:a friend of ours who organized
Entered by: Mariette van Heteren
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08:19 Nov 10, 2009
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History
Turkish term or phrase: kurmuş bir arkadaşımız
Biz Malta'da yatarken, İsmet Paşa Anadolu ordusunu sizinle birlikte kurmuş bir arkadaşımız.
Mariette van Heteren
Turkey
Local time: 01:32
a friend of ours who organized
Explanation:
"İsmet Paşa is a friend of ours who organized the army in Anatolia together with you."

I hope it makes any sense. :)
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Silvia Killian Özler
Turkey
Local time: 01:32
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Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2assemble the army
Fatih Şen
5...our friend founded
Salih YILDIRIM
3a friend of ours who organized
Silvia Killian Özler
4 -1one of our friends has established (the army with İsmet Pascha)
Emin Arı


Discussion entries: 3





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
one of our friends has established (the army with İsmet Pascha)


Explanation:
imho

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-11-10 08:33:20 GMT)
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Türkçe cümle devrik ve yanlış, tam anlaşılmıyor

Emin Arı
Turkey
Local time: 01:32
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Selcuk Akyuz: Ismet Pacha is one of our friends ...
43 mins
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
assemble the army


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 14 mins (2009-11-10 08:34:13 GMT)
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ordu kurmak : assemble an army

Fatih Şen
Turkey
Local time: 01:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mzahit29
6 hrs
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agree  Erkan Dogan: İsmet Paşa is a friend of ours who assembled the Anatolian army with you - assemble is the word of course, but we need tho see more to be precise with the translation.
7 hrs
  -> thanks
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a friend of ours who organized


Explanation:
"İsmet Paşa is a friend of ours who organized the army in Anatolia together with you."

I hope it makes any sense. :)

Silvia Killian Özler
Turkey
Local time: 01:32
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanks!
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2 days2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
...our friend founded


Explanation:
I'd use this phrase.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 18:32
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 12
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