Gùnaydin! Ben Italyasyorum, ama ben Irlandadanim. In Italy, I often see foreign people use gestures which are normal in their country but in Italy are offensive. Some of these people have lived in Italy for a few years but have never really learned the Italian culture. These same people then say that they don't understand Italians!!!

merhaba!turkce gercekten guzel bir dil.evet gercekten yasadıgın ulkenın kulturunu ogrenmek cok onemlı.
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Raising your chin, moving your eyebrows up and simultaneously clicking your tongue means "NO." (Try it. It is fun ! ). This one is one of the most different gestures of the Turkish body language.Please check the picture at the right hand side showing this gesture. A sharp downward nod means yes.

I like the picture iyi bayramlar to everyone

Funny, but that's exactly the same body language that the greeks use when saying no (ochi) as well! I assume that it was a gesture they assimilated from the turks (ottomans).

That's nothing, there are actually a lot of common things between two cultures. You can even undersstand this when you watch a few Turkish movie and a few Greek movie. Deserts, many dishes, songs, the way people dress, and may other things. Good observation though. You have a point there!

Some Italians use the same gestures as well, especially in the south of the country and in Sicily, where there is a strong Greek community.

I also agree to what Irishdon said about knowing the country`s culture,better,too.If you visit a country and you know nothing about people`s costumes, you can be unpolite or even in an embarassing situation.

Hi to all
soo gald to write u too
you know i agree with most what you write there
u want to know the country you must know the pole how thye think how do thye eat all this will make u underestand them well
for me as i am from bahrain and olmost have the same what you are talking in Turky
so when i whent there first time i really didnt feel i am starnge cus most of there culture it is our too

it is because of that both countries have Muslims in their majority of population...I mean it is because of the religion,not because of the culture...Actually,there are some differences between the understanding of religion by the people of these two countries....

Salam..Ben Azeribaycandanim..Neden Burda Turkce konushmak bu kadar az?