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BlackTigerAP said on his recent comment on CodeProject that either Turkish language was very long or my translation was very short (you can view the entire thread there).

Actually - grammatically speaking Turkish is not that long.

just a simple example:

gel. - come here.
geldi. - (s)he came.
geldim. - I came.
geliyorum. - I am going to come (soon).
geleceğim. - I will come.
gelirim. - I certainly will come. / I will always come.

.... you can generate a dozen of more words from the common stem 'gel' .

And not only 'gel', all the verbs in Turkish are derived from a 3-4 letter stem words.

Just count the bytes, and decide which is longer for yourself.

sidenote:
It is easy for Turkish people to grasp it (we're born with it :) ).
But -especially my guests from the UK say that- it is a real pain in the rear for a non-native.

I cannot remember its exact rank but, afaik, Turkish is among the top ten hardest languages to learn.

Actually it is quite a joy listening to a foreigner struggling to remember the exact verb to use.