Ne haber, iş nasıl gidiyor?

It is mostly a set informal greeting.

Literally, ne means what and haber means news, so the phrase is literally what news? But in real conversation, it works more like What’s up?, What’s new?, or How are things?

People often use it casually with friends, classmates, coworkers, or someone they know fairly well.

Because Ne haber? is a very common fixed expression. Turkish often uses short, natural formulas instead of the full literal sentence.

A longer version such as Sende ne haber var? would sound much less natural in everyday speech. Native speakers normally just say Ne haber?

So this is a good example of something you should learn as a whole phrase, not build from scratch every time.

It is informal.

You would usually say it to:

• friends
• relatives
• people around your age
• coworkers in a relaxed setting

In more formal situations, you would usually choose something else, such as:

• Nasılsınız?
• Nasıl gidiyor?
• İşler nasıl gidiyor? if you are specifically asking about work or things in general

So Ne haber? is friendly and casual, not rude, but not especially formal.

Yes. Gidiyor literally means is going, from the verb gitmek.

In Turkish, just like in English, go can be used idiomatically to talk about how something is progressing.

So:

• iş nasıl gidiyor? = literally how is work going?
• natural sense: how’s work going?

This is a very normal and common way to ask about progress, situation, or current state.

Both are possible, but they are slightly different in feel.

• İş nasıl? = How is work?
  This is shorter and a bit more general.
• İş nasıl gidiyor? = How is work going?
  This focuses more on how things are progressing right now.

So gidiyor adds the idea of ongoing development or how things have been lately.

Because Turkish often leaves out words that are understood from context.

If you are talking directly to someone, iş nasıl gidiyor? naturally means:

• How is your work going?
• or How’s work going for you?

You could say Senin işin nasıl gidiyor?, but that is more explicit and often unnecessary unless you want extra emphasis or contrast.

Turkish very often prefers the shorter version when the meaning is obvious.

Because iş is being used in a more general sense: work as an area of life, not necessarily a specifically marked possessed noun.

Compare:

• İş nasıl gidiyor?
  = How’s work going?
  Very natural, general, conversational.

• İşin nasıl gidiyor?
  = How’s your work going?
  Also possible, and a bit more directly personal.

Both can be correct in the right context. The version without the possessive is very common because Turkish often speaks in a broad, context-based way.

Yes, absolutely.

• İş nasıl gidiyor? = How’s work going?
• İşler nasıl gidiyor? = How are things going? or How’s everything going?

The plural işler often means things, matters, business, or everything you’ve got going on, not just literal jobs or tasks.

So:

• iş is more specifically work
• işler can sound broader and more general

Because nasıl usually comes before the verb or the part it is questioning.

In iş nasıl gidiyor?, the thing being talked about is iş, and the question is about how it is going, so nasıl comes before gidiyor.

This is the natural Turkish order:

• topic/subject: iş
• question word: nasıl
• verb: gidiyor

So iş nasıl gidiyor? sounds normal and idiomatic.

It is the present continuous form, built with -iyor.

From gitmek:

• gidiyor = is going

In Turkish, this form is used not only for actions happening right now, but also very often for:

• current situations
• temporary states
• ongoing processes
• what has been happening lately

So in this sentence, it fits perfectly because the speaker is asking about the person’s current work situation.

They are basically two short questions placed together:

• Ne haber?
• İş nasıl gidiyor?

The comma shows a pause between them. In speech, you might say them as one smooth greeting, but grammatically they are still two question units.

This is very natural in conversation, where speakers often stack short questions together:

• Ne haber, hayat nasıl gidiyor?
• Ne haber, okul nasıl?

You can, but most people answer it in a casual, conversational way rather than with actual news.

Common kinds of answers are:

• İyi, senden? = Good, and you?
• Aynı işte. = Same as usual.
• Bir şey yok. = Nothing much.
• İdare eder. = Can’t complain / so-so.

So even though haber literally means news, the response is usually more like answering What’s up? than reporting actual news.

Yes, very natural.

It sounds like a friendly conversational opener:

• first, a casual greeting: Ne haber?
• then, a more specific follow-up: İş nasıl gidiyor?

This is exactly the kind of thing people say when they meet someone and want to ask generally how life is going, then ask specifically about work.