As I understand it, the traditional turkish is done to a 9/8 music, strong arms and alot of the steps are similar to many of the same egyptian steps but with a bit of a pause for 7,8,9. In addition, turkish tends to use more hand gesterues and bounces more. I'm told turkish is more outward while egyptian is more self contained.
Hope this helps. YOu might want to check out Artemis's introduction to turkish dance DVD. Its a good one.
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