What does “ters köşe” mean in Turkish?
Sevgilisine kızdığını sananları ters köşe eden sahne
A2 Turkish listening practice · Standard Turkish · Curated for beginners
This scene sets you up to judge a “moody girlfriend,” then flips it: «olduğunu düşündünüz değil mi? Yanılıyorsunuz» (“you thought that, didn’t you? You’re wrong”). That flip is a ters köşe, a plot twist, a move that catches you off guard, literally “reverse corner.”
The phrase comes from football: a ters köşe goal is one struck to the corner opposite the way the keeper dives, the unguarded side. Turks borrowed it for any surprise that wrong-foots you: a film’s ters köşe ending, or “beni ters köşeye yatırdı” (“he completely blindsided me”). Sport becomes everyday metaphor.
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- ▸In Turkish reviews of films and dizi (TV series) with a twist ending.
- ▸In Turkish football commentary, its original home.
- ▸Everyday: “beni ters köşeye yatırdı” (“he caught me off guard”).
- ▸In Turkish social media reacting to a surprise.