turpun büyüğü heybede

Turkish

Etymology

Literally, “the biggest radish is in the bag”. Said to be coined by 9th President of the Republic of Turkey Süleyman Demirel in 2005.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuɾˈpun by.jyˈy hej.beˈde/, [tʰuɾˈpun byˈjyː hej.beˈde]

Proverb

turpun büyüğü heybede

  1. this is only the tip of the iceberg, the worst is yet to come

References

  1. ^ Yavuz Donat (2005) “Derin devlete tıbbi yorum”, in Sabah‎[1] (in Turkish)
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