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Culture in Turkey
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13 Jun 2006 Tue 09:19 pm |
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Hi,
When I was in Turkey, I could see that some women dress modestly while some are not so. Given that Turkey is a Muslim country, I believe it is quite important that the women are well covered. But it contradicts what I see. Can someone share with me on this?
Let's say, i dress more openly, what is the persepctive from the eyes of the turks? If :
1. i am a tourist,
2. i am staying there
3. i am married to a turk
Thanks.
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13 Jun 2006 Tue 09:29 pm |
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In fact, being covered is not the first/most important thing of Islam. Also you cannot force people to cover themselves.
By the way, I think, everyone has a different Islam in their mind  Really! I don't judge or critisize anyone, but I am not sure whether everyone cares about what the real religion is, or not.
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13 Jun 2006 Tue 10:40 pm |
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I think this is one of the wrongest images of dominantly muslum countries. It's thought that in a dominantly muslum country (not Islam country as Türkiye is secular), all the women are covered, and are not free. There's no night life etc etc... Covering yourself is about your choice, well the radical islamists don't like this, but it's so in Türkiye.
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13 Jun 2006 Tue 10:46 pm |
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13 Jun 2006 Tue 10:58 pm |
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Quoting vonnyz:
1. i am a tourist,
2. i am staying there
3. i am married to a turk
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And for your questions. All these perspectives depend on which part and which kind of surrounding you're going to. Türkiye is not very homogenous about social views. You can dress very open clothes and still you won't be viewed bad if you're in "the place" that would tolerate it. Usually those places are the more entellectual and economically rather high places of the big cities like İstanbul, İzmir, Ankara etc. Nobody would care much if you drink, go to clubs etc. Those part of the society lives a western life.
But this is rather a small portion of Türkiye, let's say 10% of all the Turkish population.
And there're in betweens where you don't have to cover yourself, yet still be careful about your behaviours. You can work, live a modern life, but you're not much welcomed to live a very western life. There're some limits to woman.
And ofcourse the other part where I can easily say that you're definitely a second class person as a woman.
Even if your surrounding, family, close friends etc. are very open, modern people, there can be times when you have to be more careful about your dressing and behaviours etc since all the life is not just your small environment.
1- If you're a tourist, wherever you're and whatever you do unless if it's not too extreme, usually, you're tolerated and welcomed by any portion of the population. You can wear nearly whatever you want.
2- If you're staying there, things start to change its color  Now, you won't have the limitless toleration, and you have to start to adapt to your surrounding. You have to be more "proper"
3- If you marry a Turk, then things completely change. Now, you have to respect them, you shouldn't wait too much toleration, you have to change yourself.
But as I said, the degree all depends to the surrounding yuo're going to. What kind of family? etc. Maybe, you will never have to change yourself at all.
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14 Jun 2006 Wed 01:42 am |
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So far this thread has only addressed women in Türkiye......
What about men???
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14 Jun 2006 Wed 03:44 am |
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14 Jun 2006 Wed 06:44 am |
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Turkia is not a Muslim country. Is it possible we use a better language here? People living in Turkia are Muslim. This doesn't mean the country itself is Muslim. I find it kind of annoying.
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14 Jun 2006 Wed 08:46 am |
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14 Jun 2006 Wed 08:55 am |
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Hi Everyone,
Pardon me for my wrong usage of words. Sorry if it cause any unhappiness. 
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