I have a qwestion in the nowaday`s Turkish: what means "Başta sakal"?
Of course, I understand that "Baş" is a head, and "Sakal" - the beard, but it is also an
idiomatic expression and I guess it means "top down", or
"Confusion" which meaning also "I do not understand." And what do you think, what can
have a value of this idiom?

Question

I have a qwestion in the nowaday`s Turkish: what means "Başta sakal"?
Of course, I understand that "Baş" is a head, and "Sakal" - the beard, but it  is also an
idiomatic expression and I guess it means "top down", or 
"Confusion" which  meaning also "I do not understand." And what do you think, what can
have a value of this idiom?

Answer

"Misafirler geldi(ler). Kimler var/olabilir acaba? Başta Sakal!"

"The guests have arrived. Whom can there be (among) them? Sakal is leading the way (here, the narrator makes a guess and says that it may be Sakal who is leading the guests )".

Sakal (Beard) must be the name of a character here.

Baş has various meanings other than "head" such as "being the leading one" or "the first one(s) in a row" or the upper side of a ship" for example. 

Please check the webpage of Turkish Language Institute here:  

http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/Genel/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF4376734BED947CDE&Kelime=ba%c5%9f
and the dictionaries as: 
http://tureng.com/search/ba%c5%9f 
http://www.zargan.com/sozluk.asp?Sozcuk=ba%FE

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Yes, of course. For example 
"Misafirler geldiler.Onlar kim olabilir aceba? Başta sakal ! Ben bir şey anlayabilmedim !"

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I heard first time.Maybe other Turkish people can help you.

Answer

And this is itself a whole sentence. You did not hear it?

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Can you use it in a sentence?

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