What does 'ikramlaşma' mean in Turkish culture?
Komşuyla köfte ve ikramlaşma sohbeti
A2 Turkish listening practice · Standard Turkish · Picked for people who know a little
İkramlaşma is Turkish for mutual hosting. The Turkish verb ikram etmek means to offer or to treat (food, drink, hospitality). The reciprocal suffix -laş- turns it into a back-and-forth: ikramlaşma is the social ritual where one neighbor sends a plate of köfte over, the other returns it later with börek on top. The plate never goes back empty.
This clip stages ikramlaşma in 20 seconds. One sister hands a small plate over: « O komşunun, ama onlar bizle paylaşmadı » (it’s the neighbor’s, but they didn’t share with us). The other sister: « Olsun ablacım, biz onlarla paylaşalım » (let it be, sis, we’ll share with them). Then: « Köfte yaptım da size de getirdim » (I made köfte and brought you some).
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- ▸In Turkish drama and sitcom plots on TRT 1, ATV, and Show TV where neighbors trade trays of börek and köfte
- ▸In Turkish religious and cultural programming on Diyanet TV during Ramadan, where iftar ikramlaşma among neighbors is the season’s social glue
- ▸In Turkish village and apartment-block daily life across Anatolia, where the same plate makes five trips a week between komşular (neighbors)
- ▸In Turkish lifestyle coverage on Hürriyet Kelebek and Milliyet when writers profile traditional hospitality