Dirty old maid card game

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In Turkish, sinek means 'fly' or 'house fly'. In Turkish, maça is a kind of casting mould in Turkish, perhaps because the spade symbol looks like a droplet or a mould. From the French carreau: in Turkish, ' karo' means tile stone. In Turkish, ' kupa' means 'cup', presumably corresponding to the Latin suit of cups.

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In Turkey the 52 card international pack is in general use. This page is based mostly on information from Turgay Unalan, Kerem Gozturk and Arda Küçük.

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