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Card games in Turkey

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

In Turkey the 52 card international pack is in general use. Games played with this pack include:

• King - a compendium game in which most contracts involve avoiding taking particular cards in tricks.
• 3-5-8 - a plain-trick game for three players whose objectives are to take 3, 5 and 8 tricks. Oddly, this game is also known in Turkey as Russian King, even though the game King played in Russia is similar to King in Turkety, not to 3-5-8.
• Pişti - a fishing game in which the layout is a single discard pile which is captured as a whole if its top card is matched.
• Papaz kacti (king escapes) seems to be a game related to Old Maid in which the aim is not to be left with a king at the end.
• Batak - a four player game similar to Oh Hell!
• Prafa A trick-taking game for three players played in villages on the west coast of Turkey - possibly a version of Preference.
• Hoskin is a game played in southern Turkey, similar to double Pinochle.
• Blöf - a bluffing game similar to verish' ne versish'.
• Kapti kacti (take and run) - a fishing game in which cards can be captured from the opponents' capture piles as well as from the layout.
• Dost kazigi ("friend soak") - similar to kapti kacti, but the object is to avoid capturing cards.
• Maca kizi Turkish version of Hearts, but with different rules.
• Pis yedili ("dirty seven") is the Turkish version of Crazy Eights
• Bezik is the Turkish form of Bezique

Okey is a Turkish rummy game for four players, played with a set of 106 numbered tiles.

RMY, a simplified form of Turkish Rummy, attractively programmed in Flash, can be played against the computer on Yavuz Yilmaz's Rastaduck site.

The World Casino Directory includes a listing of Casinos in Turkey.