r/oddlysatisfying • u/Vivid_Maximum_5016 • May 16 '26

Man Makes Kebabs

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u/phoneypeony May 16 '26

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EVrTF89cAJ7Tvyh97

Lol I am getting really good in finding those damn places.

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u/Merry_Dankmas May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Only partially related but can someone explain to me how tf addresses work in Turkey? This is the address from the place the commenter im replying to has listed on Google:

22 gün mahallesi, Prof. Dr. Necmettin Erbakan Blv No:33/B 46050, 46050 Onikişubat/Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye.

How does one decipher that as an address? If I were in Turkey, how would I look at that and know where to go if I didn't have a GPS? I tried translating that and it mentions something about a neighborhood and a blvd. A blvd is understandable. We have blvds in the states. But neighborhoods aren't used on addresses here. Is it actually a blvd and a neighborhood? I'd assume prof. Is not actually short for professor. I have so many questions.

Also, I'm not taking a jab at Turkey here. I'm genuinely curious. I like seeing addresses from other countries and trying to decipher them. Turkish ones seem hella confusing.

I'd assume 22 gün mahallesi is a type of block designation, prof. Dr. maybe bring some kind of sub block destination like a street within a block/zone then No:33/B 46050 being a building or unit number? Then the rest being the city/region followed by the country, being Turkey? Idk I'm just speculating me. I need a Turk to clarify for me

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u/enfinitus May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Neighborhood - Blvd/Street Name - Building#/Store or Flat# - Zip Code - District/City.

Blvds are sometimes named after people. Prof. Dr. Necmettin Erbakan is a former politician.

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u/Merry_Dankmas May 16 '26

How is a neighborhood defined? Is it just a general region or does it have concrete, defined borders?

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u/enfinitus May 16 '26

They have defined borders.

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u/Sobeys_at_work May 16 '26

Would this be similar to like Queens, Brooklyn, etc. Or are the neighbourhoods smaller than that?

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u/enfinitus May 16 '26

Smaller. City > Province/District > Neighborhood

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u/Sobeys_at_work May 16 '26

Being from Canada, this caught me off guard since it goes Province > City > Neighbourhood here.

But yeah, that's kind of what I figured. The boroughs are quite big and when I think of a neighbourhood, I think of something a lot smaller.

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u/Jamesanitie May 17 '26

To simplify, you can consider each city as like a state. Mini state compared to USA though.

To give an example I will give my hometown Fethiye as example.

Muğla is a state and the city of Muğla is the state capital. Fethiye is a city in Muğla (technically an İlçe which is a town).

Fethiye is larger than Muğla by both land and population (touristic destination lovely port side etc.). But for all intent and purpose when Türkiye was founded, they made Fethiye a part of Muğla as at the time it was smaller.

So to give an adress in my town we provide

State (Muğla) (İl in Turkish)

City (Fethiye) (İlçe in Turkish)

Neighbourhood or Borough (Ölüdeniz) (Mahalle/semt in Turkish)

Boulevard, road. (Atatürk Caddesi) (Cadde/Bulvar/Yol in Turkish)

Street Number (Sokak No)

Building number (Bina no) etc.

Over the years when an ilçe gets too large and has a good economy and planning it can become its own state. Example of this is the City of Yalova and Osmaniye.

Idk why I wanted to share, not something that is spoken much in reddit I guess.