Nothing to do with Calis or environs, but here goes anyway. We went on an end-of-season cheapie package holiday to Gumbet at the end of October. We always get a load of washing done before we return home, so off I walked to find a local laundrette. There were a couple of non-english speaking women in the laundrette and the guy from the next shop strolled over and acted as interpreter. They discussed in Turkish what I should be charged for the washload. I noted that they had decided on "onbeş". Bloke looks me in the eye and says "twenty lira". I have virtually no Turkish but I do understand numbers at least. "Ayer, onbeş" I reply. Much embarrasment ensued.
When I picked the washing up, I did actually give Yirmi/twenty. (after all it's a whole £1.50 difference) I said "onbeş?" with a nice smile and we all had a little laugh about it. However, if I ever get back to Gumbet, I know where to avoid.
To even it up, there was a fantastic patisserie just along the road, the woman there had about as much english as I had turkish. We always had a good laugh as we mutually destroyed others language, she always gave me a freebie of borek and I always bought a shed-load of her lovely stuff (mmm, baklava) for a very reasonable price. Would go back there tomorrow. If anyone is heading to Gumbet, I will give the address.