| There are different kinds of wedding ceremonies | | | | which is held in a hotel ballroom at dinner time. At |
| in Turkey. The forms of ceremonies depend on | | | | the beginning of the ceremony, when the couple |
| the social and economic status of couples and | | | | enters the ceremony hall, the wedding march is |
| their families. In the rural areas, they are different | | | | played and the ladies of the court accompany |
| from the wedding ceremonies of urban areas. In | | | | them. |
| the villages, the wedding ceremonies continue for | | | | The bride and groom sit together at the table. |
| two days. There are two separate wedding | | | | Their witnesses sit at their right side, and a |
| ceremonies, one in the home of the bride's family | | | | government officer who does the wedding |
| and one in the home of the groom's family. | | | | paperwork sits at the left side of the couple. The |
| The ceremonies start Friday evening and finish | | | | government officer talks about the wedding and |
| Sunday noon when the groom's relatives take the | | | | asks both the couple and their witness about the |
| bride from the home of the bride's family and | | | | wedding. After the couple their witnesses and the |
| bring her to the groom's home. After that, the | | | | government officer sign the wedding certificate, |
| groom's relatives and the bride's relatives have | | | | the government officer announces that the |
| lunch together, and the bride and groom are left | | | | coupleis officially married. |
| alone in their new home. | | | | And then, the bride and groom kiss each other |
| When a couple decides to marry, the son's family | | | | and dance the first dance. After that, their |
| makes an appointment with the daughter's family | | | | relatives offer some gifts. At the end of the |
| to get permission for the couple to marry. If the | | | | ceremony, the wedding cake is cut by the bride |
| daughter's family accepts this wedding, the | | | | and groom and pictures are taken of the relatives |
| engaged couple decides the date of the wedding | | | | as a group. Then, the newly married couple stays |
| ceremony together with their families. The bride's | | | | in that hotel their first night. The next day, they |
| family buys some gifts and furniture for their | | | | go on a honeymoon trip. |
| son-in-law, and the groom's family buys some | | | | If the couple can't afford to have the wedding |
| gifts and furniture for their daughter-in-law before | | | | ceremony in a hotel ballroom with a dinner, they |
| the wedding ceremony. | | | | can have a small ceremony in one of the |
| Both the bride's family and the groom's family | | | | government sedding ceremony halls without a |
| invite their relatives to the wedding ceremony | | | | dinner or something like a party. |