Simply being able to say thank you or please is always helpful.
Before you can thank anyone for a favor, it helps to say please to get them to do it in the first place. To that end, use a liberal number of
The formal phrase for thank you tends to create difficulties for a lot of non-native speakers. The phrase is
One solution that is acceptable in most social situations is to use a word that was invented to deal with the problem of dubbing the simple thanks in American movies.
Note that the ğ (i.e. soft-g) in the middle with the accent is not pronounced at all, but is used to extend the a.
When thanked, the usual response is to say
While selamün aleyküm is usually only used by observant Muslim Turks, its shorthand version