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"Biz Öküz Değiliz."  - Turkish PSA Translation
"We Are Not Jerks."

Speaker 1: We don’t have to write you a poem every night.

Speaker 2: Don’t expect us to act like a romantic all the time.

Speaker 1: It doesn’t make you cooler than us to respond with only two words to our long, detailed text messages.

Speaker 2: Ankara (Turkish capital) may not be a coastal city, but one has to learn to live there, too.

Speaker 2: Just because we've had a small argument, you cannot erase our photos on Facebook.

Speaker 1: Just because we've had a small argument, you cannot delete me from your Facebook friends list.

Speaker 2: Don’t expect me to be as muscular and handsome as Kivanc Tatlitug (a famous Turkish actor). This is all I've got. (removes shirt to show his upper body).

Speaker 1: Just because I've taken seven minutes to respond to your text message, you cannot strike an attitude for seven days.

Speaker 2: Because I haven’t noticed that you've had your hair trimmed, you cannot call me a jerk.

Speaker 1: Because I haven’t remembered the three out of one hundred and fifty special days in our relationship history, you cannot call me woodenheaded (bursts into tears and leaves the room).

MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF SOLIDARITY

“We are not jerks.”



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