why temel became international ? Temel decided to immigrate to the United States... He took a plane and traveled the next day.. Arriving at the immigration office, the officer started to ask questions: -Name? -Temel. -Age? -26. -Sex? -Three times a week. -No, I mean, male or female? -Doesn't matter.

who is Temel's humor ? One day, during the chat at the cafe, Temel said: -"Everybody recognizes me, even Mr.Yeltsin!" Somebody from the crowd said: -"That is not possible!" And then Temel replied: -"If you do not believe me, let's go to Russia and see..." Therefore, Temel's friends collected enough money to send him to Russia with a witness. Immediately after landing in Moscow, the witness was puzzled because Mr.Yeltsin was waiting for Temel. Temel and Mr.Yeltsin talked for a little while. Temel and the witness were entertained with honour and respect. One day later both of them returned to Turkey, and at the same cafe, Temel said: -"Mr.Clinton knows me!" -"It is not possible" the crowd replied. Temel said again: -"If you do not believe me, let's go to America and see..." So, Temel's friend collected enough money to send him to America again with a witness. Immediately after landing in New York, the second witness was also puzzled because Mr.Clinton was waiting for Temel. Temel and Mr.Clinton talked a little while. Temel and the second witness were entertained with honour and respect. One day later both of them returned to Turkey. And at the same cafe, Temel said: -"The Pope knows me!" Immediately, a voice came from crowd: -"Oh really!" Temel said again: -"If you do not believe me, let's go to the Vatican and see..." So, Temel's friends collected enough money to send him to the Vatican with a third witness. That day The Pope was speaking to the crowds from a high place. Temel went there and went up to him. As soon as the Pope saw Temel, he took him in his arms and embrace him. At that moment the third witness fainted. Temel went to him and said: -"What happened?" The third witness replied: -"There were two Japenese people in front of me and they were chatting. One of them said to the other: -"That is Temel but I do not recognize the other person who he is speaking to"

Turkish Humor : who is Temel ? When I think of Turkish national humor, the first thing that comes to my mind is the “Laz” joke. The people of the eastern Black Sea region in Turkey are called Laz. They speak a dialect of Turkish called “Lazca”. Laz people have often been the targets or mockery for the Turkish people. They are actually known to be clever, but sometimes they make major mistakes which become the subject of many jokes. Laz jokes can be compared to Irish jokes told in England and Polish jokes told in the U.S. “Temel” is a prominent character of Laz jokes. “Temel” means in Turkish “basic,” but in this case, it connotes more of a stupid person. Temel also has friends called Dursun and İdris and a wife named Fadime Temel gets himself a flea and begins conducting experiments on it in the laboratory. He cuts off one of the flea’s legs and orders it to jump, and it does. He cuts off a second leg and orders it to jump again, and it does. Eventually, Temel cuts off all the flea’s legs. He orders it to jump, and after he sees that it does not jump, he records the results: “If you cut all the legs off of a flea, it can’t hear.”