As you know well, friendship and marriage are different things.
This is a Turkish proverb : “ Davulun sesi uzaktan hoş gelir…”
I understand you very well.
Because I have friends from Samos and Crete islands; Athene and Selanik cities, and England (London).And I have been to Cyprus before.
I consider Türkiye, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Cyprus, other neighbours have similar / same social, traditional, historical culture and background.
Turkish and Western friends do not mix well generally : Different cultures...
I want to beieve.
I of course respect western science, culture and civilization.
But : I think and I see most of Turkish and Western social, religious, traditional and cultural rules, prejudices, standarts, norms and thoughts are not same.
There are some adaptation, adjustment, modification, reorganization and restruction problems.
Don’t count apples with pears.
ALL RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTICULARLY MARRIAGE REQUIRE LABOUR, CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE regardless OF WHERE YOU COME FROM AND IT´S AN ONGOING LABOUR OF LOVE... YOU SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION LOVE...
