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TURKİSH CULTURAL HABİTS
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1.       janissary
0 posts
 05 Mar 2006 Sun 06:44 pm

some of turkish cultural habits
---Turks have the habit of removing their shoes before entering home. Do not be embaraced if you visit a Turkish family and see in the entrance of the house or even outside the main door a lot of shoes ! The reason is good and simple: cleanliness ! When you walk in the streets, shoes will be in contact with a lot of dirt and the Turks don't want to bring it home.
---the marriage in a notary lasts about 5 to 10 minutes. The bride usually wear bride western clothes and everybody will clap their hands after the YES!
--after the couple marries, the bride will receive a lot of gold gifts and money!! Good isn't it ? Relatives and friends hang in the bride gold coins with a red bow, gold necklaces, gold bracelets, money shines, etc... If there is a party the bride will wear the gifts. The bride also carries a small bag, where she keeps some of the gold gifts if they are so many. Depending on the wealth of the family and friends, the gifts pays the party and more ...
--when a child is born or is circumcisized, relatives and friends give them a gold coin with a red bow.
--in villages there is usually a coffee bar. In this coffee bar you will see only men drinking tea or coffee, smoking and talking. The women's permanence in such places is not prohibited. They also meet at their own houses to have tea and talk gossips
--a typical Turk drinks approximately around 10 glasses of black tea pro day. Tea is the most popular drink in Turkey.

if you are in Turkey on November 10th at 9:05 you will see something very interesting. Almost all the population make one minute of silence. It is interesting to see a metropole like Istanbul, in a crowd place where millions of people, cars and buses stop for one minute. It is like to stop a film. This minute of silence is in memory of the death of the founder of the Turkish republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Some museum clocks are also stopped at 9:05, this is also in honor of Ataturk.
--Turkish families love to offer something to their guests. It can be lunch, dinner or a tea. If you have an invitation to visit a Turkish family, go with an empty stomach! Usually the woman of the family cook delicious dishes during the whole day and offer a banquet. Taste a little bit of everything because if you reject something they will be desapointed
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2.       deli
5904 posts
 05 Mar 2006 Sun 06:53 pm

yes i have been fortunate to be invited into a turkish families home and yes i did remove my shoes before being asked, their hospitality is second to none they have become my good friends and once a month i am invited around to their house they have two children who are beautiful oh by they way they also call me deli

3.       SERA_2005
668 posts
 05 Mar 2006 Sun 08:32 pm

I have also observed some of the tiny cultural differences that unless you are concious of them, can sometimes pass you by and i think that would be a shame because this wonderful country and its people have so much to offer.

4.       ramayan
2633 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 08:35 am

Quoting deli:

yes i have been fortunate to be invited into a turkish families home and yes i did remove my shoes before being asked, their hospitality is second to none they have become my good friends and once a month i am invited around to their house they have two children who are beautiful oh by they way they also call me deli


they must be very patient deli??? i dont believe ya...hey who is those ?deli's deli friends??? about hospitality be sure...we all like them... yes and i can say that we turks are little more sticky than europeans..if u once stuck u can not save your life so easily..

when we were pupil we would say dis song 'DELİ DELİ KULAKLARI KÃœPELİ'

5.       goner
506 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 12:05 pm

Quoting ramayan:



when we were pupil we would say dis song 'DELİ DELİ KULAKLARI KÃœPELİ'



yuh daha neler

6.       tatiyana
23 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 01:28 pm

hey ..in russia we also put our shoes off when entering the house =) and also it's considered to be a jest of good manners, respect to the hosts and politeness..and about clean...what was this word....clearity, cleanness =) i don't remember =) well....it's nice anyway =) not like western world....they walk outside in their boots and come in to their apartment wearing them =) and jumping to the bed also wearing the same boots =) not gooood....not good =)))))

7.       Kelebek
781 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 02:04 pm

8.       libralady
5152 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 06:08 pm

Shoes off!

We (me personally that is) also take our shoes off when entering a house because of the dirt that they carry (except we dont leave them outside - normally in the hall). It is only polite to do so, nothing to do with religion or tradidtion in the UK tho'. I have a huge pile of shoes in my hallway which we call "Shoe City". In our house we wear slippers - just look at some of the wayout slippers you can buy in the UK!! So we are not so different are we?

9.       deli
5904 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 06:22 pm

Quoting ramayan:



when we were pupil we would say dis song 'DELİ DELİ KULAKLARI KÃœPELİ'




yuh daha neler tamam ikisiniz bana geciktirim de birakma bu sarka ne demek

10.       mella
202 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 06:36 pm

In My country, nobody will think even to enterwith their shoes put on!
It is normal, all have their shoes off before entering...
Actually, no one will even think of askinf You to take Your shoes off.

Best regards,
Mella

11.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 06:48 pm

I always used to walk in the house with my shoes on. You rub them over a shoe-carpet (sorry i dont know the english word) to wipe away most of the dirt, so it's not sooo bad And no, we Europeans do not jump on the bed with our shoes on haha.

When Kadir was in my house, he really felt like he was dirting the house when he walked in it with shoes just like we did.

Now that i spent a week with him, i got used to putting my shoes off. So i just take them off now.


But i don't think it's so dirty to keep them on.

12.       miss_ceyda
2627 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 07:23 pm

i know what you all mean by having the custom of taking off your shoes before entering a house in turkiye although if you turn on turkish tv you will see that people just walk in a house with their shoes on!! :S strange eh?
lets take the dizi avrupa yakası as an example..

13.       janissary
0 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 08:01 pm

taking off shoes before entering house is related with religion too. and our culture is influenced by islam. islam orders to be clean. and here is the reason is simple as it mentioned in this article cleanliness.coz we eneter everywhere with shoes (like toilets).

14.       SERA_2005
668 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 08:15 pm

i think lots of english people also take their shoes off when entering a house,i know i do everytime i come home.Its just cleaner.

15.       MissHelen
148 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 10:04 pm

As my mum (64 last year) says - asking your guests to take their shoes off is fine, but you need to give them somewhere to sit when they do and some slippers or house shoes to put on afterwards to keep their toes warm (Gawd bless the oldies).

She had a point.

Can and I are saving up for guest shoes and a seat now...

H.

16.       janissary
0 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 10:08 pm

in every turkish houses there are slippers for guests separately. in traditional turkish houses and most of houses in turkey there is a guest room. it s used only when a guest comes to our house and it s always clean.

17.       Aenigma
0 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 10:46 pm

Everyone has to take their shoes off in my house because the carpet is white lol , but what a lovely idea to give guests slippers . I will go and buy lots of pairs (in white of course ). I also have a guest room, but between guests it is used for my PC and spare clothes!! Hmmm the Turkish are more considerate than me

btw - I love your posts today Janissary

18.       mltm
3690 posts
 07 Mar 2006 Tue 10:56 pm

I don't know, I think everyone in the world prefers to take off their outdoor shoes in the entry of their house. At least,it was like this in every foreign house I've been.
There's one exception in my country as well, if the guests are important or if it's a speacial day, it's nicer not to take off. Anyway, the guests should always make an attempt to take their shoes off, and no need to mention that there should always be some slippers ready.

19.       MissHelen
148 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 10:18 am

So true mltm - Following the slippers/chair converstaion (during which I insisted that NO-ONE was coming into my house without removing their shoes) my boyfriend Can then said "Well what about M bey?" (my boss).

Good point - there are some people you *just can't ask* you have to hope that they'll be considerate enough to catch on!

H.

20.       mltm
3690 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 11:02 am

Quoting MissHelen:

shoes) my boyfriend Can then said "Well what about M bey?" (my boss).



Yes, in this condition, if he attempts to take off his shoes, you should insist him not to take off his shoes and come in with his shoes on. It's a part of politeness of the host and formality.

21.       Boop
785 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 02:18 pm

22.       Boop
785 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 02:24 pm

I don't know of anybody who doesn't remove their outdoor shoes before entering a house - it would never occur to me to do otherwise...

..and as for the suggestion that 'western people jump into bed with their boots on' - well I assume it was a joke....

23.       sophie
2712 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 02:40 pm

Quoting Boop:

I don't know of anybody who doesn't remove their outdoor shoes before entering a house - it would never occur to me to do otherwise...

..and as for the suggestion that 'western people jump into bed with their boots on' - well I assume it was a joke....



I agree with you Boop. Yes, here in Greece this is also the same. We always take our shoes off and leave them in the hall way, although the hosts always insist on keeping them on. I think it's a matter of politeness like meltem said. I would never ask from a guest to take his shoes off but i would very much appreciate it if he did.
Especially when my daughter was only a few months' old and she was crowling on the carpets, i was getting furious when my guests were stepping on those same carpets with their shoes. Thankfully, the thoughtless ones were not many.

As for jumping on beds with shoes on, i think that this is happening only in films

24.       libralady
5152 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 03:38 pm

Quote:



..and as for the suggestion that 'western people jump into bed with their boots on' - well I assume it was a joke....



Think that might to do with a shoe fetish? Jumping into bed with your boots on!!

25.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 09:37 pm

I think even in films they don't do it

I jus said it to put the record straight. For me it's really just normal to walk with my shoes on in the house, unless i dirted them extremely or when it has rained/snowed. Otherwise I'll probably just walk in with them. I take them off, mainly because it walks more comfortable (I'm a high-heel-girl, which gets annoying if you were your houseclothing when u get home )

A habit that I hate more than walking with ur shoes on, is people who don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom or before dinner. But I think most Turkish people do this I just haven't notied it so much with my dutch friends. Most of them wash after the toilet, but i havent seen anyone of them washing their hands before having dinner?!

26.       Aenigma
0 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 10:08 pm

I hate that habit too! In England in pubs they sometimes put peanuts on the bar for people to eat, and a laboratory tested the peanuts after they had been there for an hour, and found 20 different types of urine on the peanuts from people's fingers!!! YUCK English men are really bad for that (sorry...but it's true!)

27.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 08 Mar 2006 Wed 10:12 pm

IEHL.

I would never occur to me anyhow to eat peanuts that aren't put there fresh for me But still.. disgusting!!!

28.       sophie
2712 posts
 09 Mar 2006 Thu 01:12 pm

Quoting Deli_kizin:


I would never occur to me anyhow to eat peanuts that aren't put there fresh for me



You can never be sure they are fresh, cause right after you leave, they throw whatever there is left back to the jar and serve it to the next customer.
Yeah i know. Disgusting, but it is happening.

29.       mltm
3690 posts
 09 Mar 2006 Thu 01:32 pm

It's strange how I am obsessed about the cleanliness of the things at home. I live with my family, and they all know about my obsession. I have separate cheese and yogurt just for myself, because I can't eat after someone. I should always be assured that noone has used my glass and plate. Always, I take the salad first to my plate. The serving spoon should never touch someone's plate unless it's clean, etc. etc, but when I eat outside I never question these things, I just eat, and probably I wouldn't mind eating the peanuts either

30.       Aenigma
0 posts
 09 Mar 2006 Thu 01:36 pm

Hmmm you need therapy Mltm lol

31.       mltm
3690 posts
 09 Mar 2006 Thu 01:39 pm

Quoting Aenigma:

Hmmm you need therapy Mltm lol


yea, and I'm afraid not just for this lol

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