tezkere
1. note, message. 2. (written) official communication, official message. 3. permit; license; certificate: ikamet tezkeresi residence permit (issued to a foreigner residing in Turkey). 4. mil. discharge certificate, discharge (given to a soldier upon completion of his obligatory military service). 5. classical Turkish lit. book containing the biographies of a number of poets as well as selections from their works. --yi almak (for a soldier) to get his discharge. --sini eline vermek /ın/ colloq. to fire, give (an employee) his walking papers.