Hi all, After a few troubles I finally get torque up and running. I have one problem left. For example: User user = new User(); user.setEmail("user@example.net"); user.setName("Başkan"); <-- 3. character is a Turkish character user.save(); When I check the inserted row from the database Turkish character is converted to '_'. This happens for all Turkish characters. I have no problem reading/writing Turkish characters from/to System.in|out streams. How can I correct this behavior? Thanks.