The time it lasts depends, but usually weddings take hours, but you're free to leave after you talk to the couple and say your greetings to their parents. But you are expected to stay lets say 2/3 of the whole ceremony. If you ask "Would I be rude to leave now?" they would tell you "Nooooo no of course not", allowing you to be free if you don't like it. But I strongly advice you to stay and watch people. A wonderful opportunity of an event for social observation!

Wedding ceremonies differ according to the cities where the couple is from, and also according to their social level. Usually there's music and and dance, maybe the most important time of the wedding is when the bride and the groom dance together. There's food and drink, but we can say the ceremony is tiring for the couple, because they wander in the place to talk to people. People congratulate them, wish them happiness, and usually give the bride golden bracelets and attach some money to the groom's jacket :) and there maybe some sort of rivalry between the relatives of the groom and bride in making the highest contribution! (A wonderful reason for the couple's future arguments) so there can be someone anouncing like "The aunt of the groom gives the bride a bracelet!" on the mic. People usually don't give presents, but money and gold. If you're a friend you can only congratulate the couple, or buy something like in the link. It's called "a quarter gold", costs less than 50 pounds. http://www.trabzonticaret.net/resimler/haber/17083903.jpeg If the wedding is not in Turkey it can differ from what I wrote. Also, as I wrote before it differs if the couple has rich families, are from rural parts/small cities of Turkey and how they define themselves basically. Conservative people don't serve alcohol for example, but for others, weddings are places to get drunk&reflect upon your own relationships etc :) Oh and one more thing, elder people usually talk to younger people in search of a future spouse for their own kids! In short, if there are lots of small kids around it can be a little bad for your ears but it should be an enjoyable experience for you alltogether.

aha =) ıf ıt s just a wedding ceramony ıt can take 15 min ... ıf ıt s like a pary ıt can take several hours ... generally gives golden bracelet for bride or you can put on money on the glooms collar =) tell me which city will be wedding ceremony or where is it your friend town =) then ı can give u better advice =)

if you friend is very close you can give a golden bracalet, ring etc. if she/he arent very close you can give money(less amount) where is the wedding?

there are a lot of wedding types in turkey. but in generally as my friend said that u get bracelet and give it to pride. either ur friend is too close.. little gift can work too/...