got impatient with turkaturk will to open this thread but still keeping good attitudeI will start

I expect from interregister to walk upsidedown in a jiffy,preferably with jugglingpossible?

I also expect from him as a representative of Turks more trust in social English expressions I addressed him.Thank you

thats interesting.

as a foreigner yourself, ptaszek, what do you expect from turks?

1.  Good Turkish cotton towels

2.  Yummy doner kebab

3.  I expect that only the most handsome Turkish men flirt with me (all bald, fat, smelly, hairy ones...please know that I will not even make eye contact with you!)

4.  I would really like it if you stopped referring to that rocket fuel that you serve in small cups as coffee!  It is confusing to Americans.  Our coffee comes in large mugs with milk and sometimes sugar!

5.  Stop pretending that you invented tea!

6.  I would be happy to kiss your hand if you WASH IT FIRST!! (sorry, I am a bit of a germophobe!  I don´t care who you are, I will not kiss an unwashed hand!)

7.  Toilets!  Regular western style toilets!

8.  NON SMOKING Taxi Rides!  Foreigners have this stupid idea about being able to breath

9.  Not everyone likes Turkish Delight, so stop asking me if I want to buy the best Turkish Delight in Turkey!  To me it is like flavored rubber!

10.  Bus schedules in Turkey are loosely based on the function of a clock.  Would it be too much to ask that if a bus is scheduled to come at 9am that it actually come at 9am and not 9ish?

Just a little joking my Turkish friends! I KNOW all you bed westerners are just shaking your heads in agreement...

this one made my day!

the rocket fuel is gooooooooooood!

they invented tea? how naughty is that?!

i want a japanese style toilet

taxi drivers smoke? really?

hmmm interesting expectations , interreg is the new funny member i guess. Hope she/he is able to amuse all foreigners here. Welcome TC inter ...

Nearly all of them...

  interegister is a new lecturer here running the classes on

about the Turks

Lis - hilarious

My list would go like this:

1. Baklava, kadayıf and künefe on every corner at every time of day/year!

2. Being allowed to smoke wherever I want, whenever I want - taxis, airports, bars and restaurants

3. Not being tricked to enter shops with carpets I have no intention or ever will buy. And, using your 6-year-old nephew to get me into a shop is just low!

4. Please, don´t treat me like a fifteen-year-old that needs to be warned all the time about how guys want to take advantage of her. I know they do, I know how to deal with that...

5. If I tell you I´m not interested in you, accept it and go away. The fact that I´m walking alone means that I prefer it this way, not that I´m looking for elderly guys with moustache and hairy back.

6. Ban rakı. Ban anything with aniseed actually

7. Keep up the good work with your bus services!

and I have to agree with Lis on these ones:

"4.  I would really like it if you stopped referring to that rocket fuel that you serve in small cups as coffee!  It is confusing to Americans.  Our coffee comes in large mugs with milk and sometimes sugar!

7.  Toilets!  Regular western style toilets!

9.  Not everyone likes Turkish Delight, so stop asking me if I want to buy the best Turkish Delight in Turkey!  To me it is like flavored rubber!"

hm....

1. make MORE turkish delights ))))))))))))) and put MORE nuts there ))))))))))

2. serve tea in bigger glasses.

3. dont ask my ID when i want to buy sim card

4. to taxi drivers: dont try to tell me in turkish ab all places of note around, gesticulating and looking in all possible directions but road itself. first of all, i dont understand anything, and then i dont want to be in the middle of accident.

5. let me watch some movie when i m in long distance bus

6. why dont you have women´s shoes of 40+ size?)))))))))))))) dont you want your people being taller?))

7. make istanbul subway easier to navigate simply reconstruct it )

8. keep the ferries on bosporus as they are now

9. provide every visitor of grand bazar with Ariadne´s thread ... maybe even map, compass and detailed guide

10. have special fortune teller on coffee ground in every bar

 I would just be happy if every friggin hallway didn´t look EXACTLY the same with the same merchandise too!  hahaha

 WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!  They should have these on every street corner and they should have those cute waiters walking the street giving it away to passersby!...We´re not too demanding are we? 

i avoid bazars.

 You should, you can be raped behind the sales booth, extremely dangerous.

i think i canbe raped everywhere if its my fate.

the only reason i avoid bazars is the money. i dont know how to bargain. and im afraid of salesman. im afraid of bazars. the atmosphere at the bazars are harsh and wild. not organized, chaotic, noisy. a jungle with no rules.

 Hmm, i see you are right not to visit bazaars if you dont know how to bargain too, there is another kind of rape salesman do too, we call it "kazık yemek" gently ...

i see you are an expert on rapes. especially salesmen rapes.

Add other delicious things as Kemal Pasa tatlısı and Kabak tatlısı and I agree. (But like DD said: let me smoke wherever and whenever I like!)

You can´t do that in most of Europe the World now - why should you be able to do it here????  

(what is wrong with the ´crossing-out´ facility  

Ama...... most Turks smoke, don´t they? (Oohh, my prejudiced mind....  

Yes but - here anyway - they are all being pretty good at obeying the ´no smoking inside´ rules in the bars and restaurants

Poor me. Well, I´ll pack some scarves so I can go outside....

Because it´s a holiday place  doooooh (or whatever you spell that)

To respect their culture more than they do.

I expect Turks NOT to think that because I am gregarious and smile warmly and frequently that I am desparate for their company between the sheets......

not feeding me at every occassion with words"you must try this!!!!!!"in imperative mood

I would like Turkish people to NOT assume that I have a money tree standing in my garden, and understand that people outside of Turkey also have to work and usually work HARD to make a living. I´m generalising a lot now, I know I´m aware that educated people understand that everywhere in the world people have to work hard to make a living. But I have met people in the resort places (and also outside) who seem to think that money can flow like water in Holland, and that I have loads to spend, and my money is never ever finished.

When I spoke with a newly made friend from Turkey the other day, he was shocked to hear that my 60 year old mother is working 40 hours a week, and usually makes overtime next to that. And at the end of the day it´s still hard sometimes to make ends meet. I explained that she´ll have to work until she´s 65, and all of a sudden he understood the people who go on holiday.

"Ohhh, now I understand you Dutch people! You work so hard all year, and then you save money for a holiday. That´s why you don´t always spend so much because you work so hard for it!"

By the way... are we Dutch REALLY so cheap compared to other nations? Or is this just something people say to us, to guilt us into buying more

Oh, and I like Turkish people not to make nasty assumptions about my morality because I´m from "Europe". I don´t wear mini-skirts, and have my boobs hanging out. That´s not the "general fashion"in Europe. I don´t sleep with any guy who says I have pretty eyes. And I don´t drink alcohol, big whoop. In Holland people ask me why, I explain, and that´s that. In Turkey the resort guys seem to think I´m lying or something so I can order cheaper drinks. And then they try to convince me to order cocktails...while sitting across the mosque  I even had to have a 15 minute discussion last summer before I could get a freaking waterbottle at a nightclub! No I don´t WANT your cocktails!!!

And to all non-Dutch nations... not all Dutch people smoke hasj so stop asking me for it! I´m not your dealer!

(Very generalizing ofcourse. Not every single Turkish person has tried to force feed me alcohol. Some smile, are strangly impressed and say I´m such a good girl. Not every single person I meet asks me for hasj....some just ask me if I have clogs)

Oh, I so agree with you+++++ I have felt obligated to eat and eat and eat........and gotten sick...The hospitality is fabulous...but when I try to politely decline, please accept. Maybe there is a way to be taken serious when declining food? If so, please let us know.

I agree with you, even if I admire thair hospitality; my daughter stayed for 2 weeks in istanbul, at a turkish family - it was an intercultural change of pupils - and she came back with 3 kg plus..and with a 3rd bag of presents....

Are you saying she gained more than 3kg? in only 2 weeks? That is amazing.......I love Turkish people, but the only thing that bothers me is the pressure to eat and eat and eat.....I just can´t do it. Last time I was there I was sick for over a month from the eating. I´m sure they have no idea this can cause problems. 

I never have this problem Perhaps because I never eat before visiting people

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quite interesting, i meant very interesting. enjoyed reading it, not boring in comparison to some

however I would have questions re: some of your points.

#4 is interesting. what do you mean? they dont listen to you? why? is it because of you are a woman?

#5 is typical to southern eastern culture.

#6 well, I cant handle that, I stare at people too.

#7 Agree with that. It is rude. ( once wanted a samosa from a pakistani shop, the guy even didnt look at me handing the bag).

#4  i want it always..no matter if im in Turkey or not ! 

well i will have to add some of my own:

1. I agree with the toilets... please, regular western toilets everywhere!!

2. I expect of some turks to take showers more often, in fact everyday would be awesome it doesnt matter if it´s winter... also changing your clothing more often will help to avoid bad smell

3. again i have to agree with some people about the food... i am NOT hungry at all times and when i am i dont want to eat a whole cow

4. I expect them not to talk bad about my western habits just because they are not the same as theirs, I don´t do it with theirs

5. I expect the car drivers to treat pedestrians as they deserve in a polite and very protective way, not throwing the car at them and almost running them over

6. to butchers at the supermarket: it is not necessary that you scream and yell that you sell sucuk and salam... I am at a supermarket i know i can find these here!

7. i expect them to continue giving me a wet towel everytime i finish my meal at a restaurant... it is really good

8. lemon cologne reminds me of bathroom and floor cleaning product please dont try to put it all over me everytime you want

9. more chicken döner, içli köfte, and french fries everywhereee... keep up the good job!

ok so far thats all

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turkaturk!     loved your posts

with #4 you actually described me. Im the exact type!

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Yeah...the staring...the strange thing is, it´s always old Turkish ladies that seem to stare the most at me. Like they know me or something. Sometimes they even walk around a bit, so they can stare at my face longer. Minutes and minutes of staring! The first time I ran to a mirror to check if there was something on my face. The guys, they seem to stare less at my face

For some time I´ve wondered why there is this group of old Turkish staring women... Do I resemble the typical Turkish long-lost cousin-type girl or something?

Anyway, non-old Turkish ladies staring doesn´t bother me. I stare right back

I am about to attack someone in this thread. Somehow I feel this... The lucky one shall raise their hand!...

I totally get your point!!! The exact same thing happens to me!!!... sometimes it gets to an akward point were you can´t avoid hiding the expression of discomfort on your face... but i´ve learnt that a cute short smile makes them look away for only a few seconds...

And what you say it´s true... they always tell me how similar i am to the friend of the sister of the neighbor of their aunt who lives in Urfa hahahah there is someone always who looks like me or I look like them... Maybe thats the reason of staring or they are just simply admiring our beauty

this made me laugh now   Im being described too often.

I didnt know I ve been staring at a lady for days. Now she walks with her husband

She looked like another lady, I mean exact copy. But of course I wasnt 100% sure so I kept staring at her in order to make sure its her until after weeks later I heard her speaking. She was British!

Btw, I confirm I personally stare at beautiful people. I cant help it. Should I start wearing sunglasses now?

yes, I give you some names: ptaszek, armegon, reyhan. these three should be enough for one day.

You will get your fresh list tomorrow.

I think pagliaccio needs `something` he was thinking of all day  

well the sunglasses are a good option!! anyway weather is starting to change and the sun is visiting us more often... a good excuse for wearing sunglasses and of course do some staring at beautiful foreigners hahahaha

ohh my deer lemon, why dont you attack me instead of directing me to someone i dont know? i know i am not much welcomed in da forum, anyone can attack me but i always prefer you,  i think we know eachother quite well...

dear armegon, I thought you were tough   stop playing a victim.

I think everyone who is not boring is welcome in any forum. and you are definintely not the boring one.

I promise in future I will give you a good attack.  for now why not enjoy pagli?

Hey lemon, let me use my right of playing victim once, you should know its always an affective way, our goverment built on it .  Anyway thanks for your compliments my deer

 awww,lemon canim) you mentioned me as the first one))))nice of you)I see that you have started my fanclub)))))Thus you will be the honoured chairwoman of it,I am thinking of displaying my photo again-you said you love staring at beautiful ppl))))

I hope you will not fight with gg-she is in my fanclub as well)))

birdy and her ego will give you autographs next time)))))