Lost in translation: Girls?

When I first went to the Turkish Embassy in NY for my visa, I kept seeing signs for "Girls Entrance."  For months, I thought it odd that they had a special entrance for girls.  I pondered if it was because of a special security scanner that would harm male genitals, or that it was a religious thing, not having both sexes touch the same entrance turnstile.  It was until I reached Turkey when I finally realized that it's not "girls," it's "giris," meaning "entrance."  Facepalm.