Why do people want to move to a foreign country?

Why do people want to immigrate to the United States?

Why do people want to move to the UK?

Why do people want to immigrate to Australia, Canada or France?

Why do people want to move or immigrate to Türkiye?

For a good life?

For marriage, love, employment, education, adventure, psychological reasons, family tree, getting a professional advancement, a better  economic situation, cultural standarts, etc.

And the case of legal immigrants, illegal immigrants and refugees?

I have seen a large number of immigrants in Europe during my first travel.

I think there are a great  many reasons why people come to a foreign country?

For example non-Muslim guys must accept circumcision, which is one of the greatest final test before marriage, but I doubt he will be a "real" Muslim in his heart even if he accepts this physical requirement from the family of his love...

I could have found such reasons toom that a local Turkish woman won´t speak with foreign  men. But how would that Turkish woman react in a Western country? Would they flirt there if they are not controlled by relatives, laws and traditions? And what is more important? Religion or personal happiness? Must we combine or separete these in our life?

What a strange arguement...

The word Turk can be explained in two ways...either a citizen of modern day Turkey, which most people here refer to. This INCLUDES those pesky Kurds with their pesky Kurdish culture, their language and songs... Ah, the good old days when they weren´t allowed to speak their Kurdish language.. that really helped against the threat of Kurdification.

Anyway, then there is the more historical reference of Turks. The people who migrated from the Asian steppes. These are NOT the people from Greece, but more closely linked to people from Turkmenistan. If you say the modern Turks is linked to Greece, then you are talking about Turks as the definition "modern day citizen of Turkey", which ALSO includes allll those Kurds, and the Arabs, Circassians and many more ethnic backgrounds.

Kurds living in Turkey are Turkish citizens, deal with it. They are therefor Turks, if those Greek and Armenian decendents are also Turks.

Merhaba,

I am hoping to gain some advice from people who have experience living in Turkey, I am student, I have visiting Turkey twice before and loved it both times. The last time I visited I stayed in Yalikavak and thought it was amazing, while there I also began learning the Turkish language. After a lengthy search for a job in Yalikavak I have been offered a waitress position.

Although I have yet to organise my work visa and accomodation, fortunately my mum is going over in march (to visit her fiance) and is going to try and find me a place to stay, I will also be visiting with my family before I go over to work to meet the staff at the restaurant and finalise my accomodation.

Although my mum is hoping to marry a Turkish man, she and the rest of my family have great concern over my safety during my two and a half month stay this summer. I am nineteen but people often say I look around sixteen or seventeen, I have made friends in Yalikavak and I´m still in contact with them but they will be staying about 20 minutes away from the restuarant. My mum and family believe with me being a young girl, going over alone will be very dangerous and depending on the type of accomodation I find I may have to live with young Turkish workers.

Does anyone have any opinions on the matter? Any advice on finding affordable safe accomodation will also be greatly appreciated

melting pot? i could not talk to person bec after 25 years in usa she did not talk english. she could not understand me at all (dont joke about pronunciation please )) )

mosaic? yes probably. my friend emigrated there. it is 6th year she is learning English, never worked, does not speak to enlg speakers. she is probably part of mosaic, but what kind of picture will be at the end?

you cannot live in isolation in modern world. it means that majority of us are in melting pot. we are boiled soft. at the end there will be some kind of stew: some taste of different vegies, but hard to see whole piece of any.

Dear Platschu;

I know I am getting closer to being labeled as a racist by writing the same thing over and over but I can not stand this being called "Turkish". "Honor killings" and "female circumsicion" are Kurdish cultural phenomeons, not Turkish. You can look up Adıyaman (where this incident occured) and compare it with an ethnic map to see what I mean.

These things happen in Kurdish populated regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria but very rarely if at all among Turks, Arabs and Persians. Type "Kurdish honour killing" in youtube for a sample that happened in Iraq, among Yazidis(Very very graphic, be warned)

I am respectful to cultures of people so I am not against these things as long as they do not affect or concern Turks, and as long as the yare not labeled "Turkish".