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What do Turkish people expect from foreigners?
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30.       lady in red
6947 posts
 10 Mar 2010 Wed 11:47 pm

 

Quoting ally81

 

 

I´m sitting exactly like this right now, alone in my sitting room.  Wonder who I´m trying to seduce {#emotions_dlg.eeek}{#emotions_dlg.lol}

 

I think you´re just practising!

31.       ally81
461 posts
 10 Mar 2010 Wed 11:53 pm

 

Quoting lady in red

 

 

I think you´re just practising!

 

{#emotions_dlg.lol}{#emotions_dlg.lol}{#emotions_dlg.lol}

 

So between learning Turkish and my leg seducing technique practicing I´ll be all set for my trip back to Turkey in the summer, them boys/dudus had better watch out hehe {#emotions_dlg.nargile}

32.       SuiGeneris
3922 posts
 10 Mar 2010 Wed 11:54 pm

 

Quoting Gülümseme

 

 

 Not trying to be funny but could you explain why this is  viewed as an issue ? Do you mean leg over own leg like women sit sometimes, or leg over someone elses leg (which i guess most people would not do anyway )

 

Have I been a hussy without even knowing ? {#emotions_dlg.unsure}

 

 

Well, actually those are not a problematic things for my neighbourhood(my family, friends etc...)

Mostly we used to end up puzzled while watch movie with my ex gfs...

 

 

But in Anatolia, mother and father are like the gods of the house, they are highly respected and want it to be shown... so if your friend, or the family you visit, is from anatolia and still carries on with old customs, you should just sit down..

 

 

All in all... with the spread of the media into our society, those things are very very less...  no such things would look so strange if your friends are living in Istanbul or in Izmir....

 

Again it is just your luck, that it alll depends where the people you are dealing with are coming from

 

33.       interregister
236 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 12:48 am

if you play puzzle together with your ex girlfriendS, and if they play together puzzle with each other, i can not imagine what can cause a problem in your neigbourhood

34.       upsy_daisy
200 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 01:28 am

 

Quoting SuiGeneris

 

 

 

Well, actually those are not a problematic things for my neighbourhood(my family, friends etc...)

 

 

 

You said this in your previous post:

Actually this is not like this for me, my family and my neighbourhood, but still the tabus are existing.

And now you say ths:

Well, actually those are not a problematic things for my neighbourhood(my family, friends etc...)

 

The thing that i have difficulty in understanding with your posts is that why you need to underline those words...Don´t you like your culture? Do you think you are wise and modern but those who still follow such traditions are fools and they still live in dark age or what? What is wrong with, for instance,showing respect to your dad by not sitting leg over leg in front of him? I am 100% sure when you are in front of a man of higher rank, you don´t even dare to sit, but just standing on your feet, the buttons of your jacket are buttoned up, not knowing where to put your hands bla bla bla...Is your dad is less respected than a mayor, for example, a public prosecutor or something like that?

35.       catwoman
8933 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 01:37 am

 

Quoting upsy_daisy

 

 

You said this in your previous post:

Actually this is not like this for me, my family and my neighbourhood, but still the tabus are existing.

And now you say ths:

Well, actually those are not a problematic things for my neighbourhood(my family, friends etc...)

 

The thing that i have difficulty in understanding with your posts is that why you need to underline those words...Don´t you like your culture? Do you think you are wise and modern but those who still follow such traditions are fools and they still live in dark age or what? What is wrong with, for instance,showing respect to your dad by not sitting leg over leg in front of him? I am 100% sure when you are in front of a man of higher rank, you don´t even dare to sit, but just standing on your feet, the buttons of your jacket are buttoned up, not knowing where to put your hands bla bla bla...Is your dad is less respected than a mayor, for example, a public prosecutor or something like that?

 

I think he´s saying that "it´s not like that in his neighborhood", what is wrong with that? I hope you respect that not everybody is so conservative that they don´t dare to sit down in the presence of their fathers.. !! These strict (often pointless and oppressive in my opinion) rules do cause problems between people who dare to question them, so I don´t see an issue with Sui using the words: "those are not a problematic things", meaning that these rules are not source of problems in his family/neighborhood.

 

Personally, I do not respect those rules, but I do respect people who still follow them, that´s why if I was in that environment, I´d speak badly about these rules, but I would still try to obey some of them.



Edited (3/11/2010) by catwoman

36.       upsy_daisy
200 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 02:35 am

 

Quoting catwoman

 

 

I think he´s saying that "it´s not like that in his neighborhood", what is wrong with that? I hope you respect that not everybody is so conservative that they don´t dare to sit down in the presence of their fathers.. !! These strict (often pointless and oppressive in my opinion) rules do cause problems between people who dare to question them, so I don´t see an issue with Sui using the words: "those are not a problematic things", meaning that these rules are not source of problems in his family/neighborhood.

 

Personally, I do not respect those rules, but I do respect people who still follow them, that´s why if I was in that environment, I´d speak badly about these rules, but I would still try to obey some of them.

 

Nothing would be wrong with that, if he simply said it was not like that in his neighborhood. I do equally respect both conservatives and nonconservatives.There, of course, are rules that I don´t respect either, but, like you, I do respect people who still follow them. What made me irritated with his posts was those words that they looked to me as if they were repeated purposely to make a difference between him, his neighborhood and those who are conservatives, and that they were making him and his neighborhood look wiser and more modern. I hate taking advantage of anything.I hope I am clearer now.  

 

 

37.       catwoman
8933 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 02:57 am

 

Quoting upsy_daisy

 

 

Nothing would be wrong with that, if he simply said it was not like that in his neighborhood. I do equally respect both conservatives and nonconservatives.There, of course, are rules that I don´t respect either, but, like you, I do respect people who still follow them. What made me irritated with his posts was those words that they looked to me as if they were repeated purposely to make a difference between him, his neighborhood and those who are conservatives, and that they were making him and his neighborhood look wiser and more modern. I hate taking advantage of anything.I hope I am clearer now.  

 

yes, thank you, I agree.

38.       Amber Lonsinger
46 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 03:15 am

 Apreciate sunshine Wake up to read this :

Quoting turkaturk

Please help out foreigners who live or work in Turkey or just visit and would like to fit in.

I am curious about your examples, stories, experiences and thoughts.

 

 

What do you think?

 

 Oh I´ll tell you what they want.

 

FIRST THEY WANT TO F**K YOU.

THEN THEY WANT TO LICK YOU.

THEN THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY *starts crying* LIKE A DAMN LOVE LETTER. Thats what.

 

To ´fit in´ sell your body on the street and make sure you hold a sign that say

´I am a lonely person with money who wants love, I give mine free"

And you are fitting in, personal experience.

 

But, hey, that is just what I think. (more like know tukachic)

 

Oh, and don´t forget to smile today.

 

 

39.       Amber Lonsinger
46 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 03:19 am

Forum title: What do Turkish people expect form foreigners?  I just explained this for you. Your Welcome.

40.       JanetteO
48 posts
 11 Mar 2010 Thu 07:31 am

Oh I´ll tell you what they want.

 

FIRST THEY WANT TO F**K YOU.

THEN THEY WANT TO LICK YOU.

THEN THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY *starts crying* LIKE A DAMN LOVE LETTER. Thats what.

 

Wow ... that´s pretty bitter, and a pretty critical generalization of a whole nation.  I know that all Turks are not like that, and many westerners and other europeans ARE just like that.  There are good and bad everywhere ... {#emotions_dlg.rant} 

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