History
In the past "Çekoslovakyalılaştıramadıklarımızdanmısınız" which means "Are you one of those people whom we couldn't make to be originating from Czechoslovakia?" was commonly said to be the longest word in Turkish. However, the question suffixes (mısınız in this case) are written separately, so though it is one word, it seems like two words when the word is written. Also, longer versions of this word could be made easily, such as "Çekoslovakyalılaştırabildiklerimizden miydiniz?". For these reasons, the word lost its popularity, but it is still a popular tongue-twister in Turkey.
After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Afyonkarahisarlılaştırabildiklerimizdenmişsinizcesine which is similar to the current one was thought to be the longest word in Turkish for some time. It is a longer word and contains no spaces. It means "As if you are one of the people that we made to be originating from Afyonkarahisar". After discovery of longer words, it lost its popularity.
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