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1.       admin
758 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 01:06 am

We have a number of new essays added to this section. Check it out, there must be something of interest to you

http://www.turkishclass.com/turkey/essays/turkish_class/turkey_articles.php

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2.       slavica
814 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 02:03 pm

 

Quoting admin

We have a number of new essays added to this section. Check it out, there must be something of interest to you

http://www.turkishclass.com/turkey/essays/turkish_class/turkey_articles.php

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Great! Thank you Admin!  It is wonderful to get an interesting, informative content that won´t (hopefully {#emotions_dlg.pray}  cause any arguments or hot debates

 

Anyway, something strange happens when I open Articles on Turkey and Turkish Culture page - I get options to Disapprove - Edit every particular article. It happens in every browser (Opera, Chroma and Internet Explorer) till I´m logged in. If I click some of those options, it says that I need to sign in to submit an essay. Moreover, the same thing happens when I open Users´ Essay page! And when I log out, everything looks normal.

I hope from here you can see what I mean:

 

 

Thanks one more time {#emotions_dlg.flowers}



Edited (6/20/2010) by slavica
Edited (6/20/2010) by slavica

3.       lady in red
6947 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 07:14 pm

You mean ´when I am logged in´ I think.  Yes - exactly the same for me.  I think these options are only supposed to be available to Admins and that there has been some glitch in the system because when I was an admin I was able to approve/disapprove/edit essays but of course I can´t now even though I am still seeing the options.

Quoting slavica

Anyway, something strange happens when I open Articles on Turkey and Turkish Culture page - I get options to Disapprove - Edit every particular article. It happens in every browser (Opera, Chroma and Internet Explorer) till I´m logged in. If I click some of those options, it says that I need to sign in to submit an essay. Moreover, the same thing happens when I open Users´ Essay page! And when I log out, everything looks normal.

4.       admin
758 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 08:52 pm

Thanks for pointing out this problem, it should be resolved now. 

5.       Unmei-de-Lange
48 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 09:12 pm

I never knew there was essays on this site!! Very neat. I liked the ´Turkish Body Language´ essay.

Here is a quote from ´Turkish Body Language´ essay:

It is very common to see two men walking with their arms around each other or sometimes even holding hands. It does not say anything about their sexuality; just that they are close friends.

Quote:

It is very common to see two men walking with their arms around each other or sometimes even holding hands. It does not say anything about their sexuality; just that they are close friends.

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6.       slavica
814 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 10:04 pm

 

Quoting lady in red

You mean ´when I am logged in´ I think.  

 

Yes, I meant "when I´m logged in", sorry, my English... {#emotions_dlg.shy}

But seems that problem is solved already {#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

7.       lady in red
6947 posts
 20 Jun 2010 Sun 10:22 pm

 

Quoting slavica

 

 

Yes, I meant "when I´m logged in", sorry, my English... {#emotions_dlg.shy}

But seems that problem is solved already {#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

 

I wasn´t meaning to pick you up on your English - sorry.  I just wasn´t sure if you meant you could see it all the time or only when you were signed in.

8.       armegon
1872 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 12:30 am

 

Quoting Unmei-de-Lange

It is very common to see two men walking with their arms around each other or sometimes even holding hands. It does not say anything about their sexuality; just that they are very close friends.

 

Two arms around eachother ok, but holding hands not so common, actually i havent seen till now two men walking around and holding eachothers hand, it is open to gossips , i think author confused with Arabs...Wink

 

9.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 01:16 am

 

 

two men walking holding hands?? huh ?? {#emotions_dlg.unsure}  

no, this is not common, also inappropriate in Turkish society. yes, two arms around each other is common, that means they are very good friends. but not any good friends hold each other´s hands {#emotions_dlg.alcoholics}

 

 



Edited (6/21/2010) by turkishcobra

10.       gezegen
269 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 01:21 am

Guys, that going hand in hand may be true for two young (and certainly non-lesbian) girls! Full stop!

11.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 01:24 am

 

Quoting gezegen

Guys, that going hand in hand may be true for two young (and certainly non-lesbian) girls! Full stop!

 

 

Yes, sometimes I see girls going hand in hand... but never seen two men...

12.       scalpel
1472 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 11:57 am

It is not common to see two men walking hand in hand...and that part needs to be changed IMHO

13.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 11:59 am

 

Quoting scalpel

It is not common to see two men walking hand in hand...and that part needs to be changed IMHO

 

 

Definitely it needs to be.

14.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 12:55 pm

Come on..

"Men holding hands is an eastern  cultural thing".. You can see it in many places in the middle east or in Iran or in Pakistan.. Especially, you can see men holding hands in Turkey when they go and come out of mosques!!

But of course, it does not mean they are gay..

As mentioned in that essay , Turkish men, kissing on their cheeks/cuddling eachother etc are very normal.. Sometimes even walking their hands round each other´s back is a very common thing to see. (as long as one of them is not lowering his hand to other´s butts, there is nothing to be alarmed)



Edited (6/21/2010) by thehandsom

15.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 01:24 pm

 

Quoting thehandsom

Come on..

"Men holding hands is an eastern  cultural thing".. You can see it in many places in the middle east or in Iran or in Pakistan.. Especially, you can see men holding hands in Turkey when they go and come out of mosques!!

But of course, it does not mean they are gay..

As mentioned in that essay , Turkish men, kissing on their cheeks/cuddling eachother etc are very normal.. Sometimes even walking their hands round each other´s back is a very common thing to see. (as long as one of them is not lowering his hand to other´s butts, there is nothing to be alarmed)

 

 

I started to doubt that we are living in different Turkiyes, handsom {#emotions_dlg.unsure}

 

Well - actually the problem is, when you read the line of essay, at first glance, it seems like it says "men can walk in street holding hands"...

 

Yes, when men get out of mosques, they "shake hands" and hold that "shaking" for some seconds as they have a short chat.

 

But what essay says is very very different. They are not same things.



Edited (6/21/2010) by turkishcobra

16.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 01:45 pm

 

Quoting turkishcobra

 

 

 

I started to doubt that we are living in different Turkiyes, handsom {#emotions_dlg.unsure}

 

Well - actually the problem is, when you read the line of essay, at first glance, it seems like it says "men can walk in street holding hands"...

 

Yes, when men get out of mosques, they "shake hands" and hold that "shaking" for some seconds as they have a short chat.

 

But what essay says is very very different. They are not same things.

 

Really??? lol

Ah..Of course, some men holding hands and walking like that on the streets is touching  your secular Turkish pride.. is it?

So they only shake hands for a few seconds..that is all? is it? 

Come on, you like it or not, some men hold hands and walk holding hands in Turkey.. It is not very common but it happens sometimes...

But so what?

What is to be ashamed of it? 

17.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 01:56 pm

 

Quoting thehandsom

 

 

Really??? lol

Ah..Of course, some men holding hands and walking like that on the streets is touching  your secular Turkish pride.. is it?

So they only shake hands for a few seconds..that is all? is it? 

Come on, you like it or not, some men hold hands and walk holding hands in Turkey.. It is not very common but it happens sometimes...

But so what?

What is to be ashamed of it? 

 

 

Why are you turning it into a political discussion? What is it about "secular pride"?

 

 

 

 

18.       scalpel
1472 posts
 21 Jun 2010 Mon 02:09 pm

 

Quoting thehandsom

Come on..

"Men holding hands is an eastern  cultural thing".. You can see it in many places in the middle east or in Iran or in Pakistan.. Especially, you can see men holding hands in Turkey when they go and come out of mosques!!

But of course, it does not mean they are gay..

 

Haha! I didn´t know you were visiting mosques.{#emotions_dlg.unsure} Yes, you can see a very few old man doing that...But guess why they do it? They often have no one to listen to them...and when they find a victim, they hold their hands in order not to let them go.{#emotions_dlg.lol}  

 

19.       admin
758 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 06:25 am

It doesn´t happen only in Turkey

20.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 12:41 pm

 

Quoting admin

It doesn´t happen only in Turkey

 

 

the problem is that, i never seen it happening in Turkiye {#emotions_dlg.unsure}

21.       lady in red
6947 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 12:56 pm

Just out of interest (and because I don´t think I have ever actually seen men holding hands in Turkey - apart from when they are dancing) I googled ´men holding hands in Turkey´ and came up with this article.  

It really has nothing to do with ´men holding hands´ (apart from a quick mention that the author obviously has seen this!) but I thought it was just such a lovely article about Turkey! And her list of the things that for her make up the ´real´ Turkey was just so great that, even though it´s probably not a recent article (just noticed it´s from last month), I felt I had to post it

[and I totally agree with her list - made me realise that, if sometimes I doubt it a little, I really do love living here ]

 

 



Edited (6/22/2010) by lady in red

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22.       scalpel
1472 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 02:28 pm

 

Quoting admin

It doesn´t happen only in Turkey

 

It proves nothing but the omnipotence of petrodollar ! {#emotions_dlg.laugh_at}

23.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 05:00 pm

 

Quoting admin

It doesn´t happen only in Turkey

 

 This is just plain creapy!

24.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 05:03 pm

 

Quoting Elisabeth

 

 

 This is just plain creapy!

 

Did you see their entwined fingers and how Bush is gazing at The king? 

25.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 05:13 pm

 

Quoting thehandsom

 

 

Did you see their entwined fingers and how Bush is gazing at The king? 

 

 {#emotions_dlg.puking}

26.       Unmei-de-Lange
48 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 07:24 pm

Quote:

...´Turkish men, kissing on their cheeks/cuddling eachother etc are very normal´

 

What?! What do you mean by ´cuddling´  with each other!?????!!!! Cuddling with each other?!!! WHAT? I want to see a picture, I don´t believe it! !!!!!{#emotions_dlg.neutral}!!!!

27.       Unmei-de-Lange
48 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 07:36 pm

AH! DO NOT look up ´Turkish men cuddling´ on Google!!! There is a turkish gay guide site for real....who comes up with this?? turkeygayguide.tripod.com 

28.       barba_mama
1629 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 08:38 pm

I have never seen men in Turkey hold hands while walking. I have seen them walking arm in arm, which is a strange sight for a Dutchy like me. I have seen Turkish me cuddle, but I haven´t googled it I could have guessed there was a special website for cuddling Turkish me. There´s a special website for cuddling everything. If you want to cuddle toe-nails I´m sure you can find a website about that too.

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29.       janissaridis
148 posts
 22 Jun 2010 Tue 08:55 pm

 

Quoting barba_mama

I have never seen men in Turkey hold hands while walking. I have seen them walking arm in arm, which is a strange sight for a Dutchy like me. I have seen Turkish me cuddle, but I haven´t googled it I could have guessed there was a special website for cuddling Turkish me. There´s a special website for cuddling everything. If you want to cuddle toe-nails I´m sure you can find a website about that too.

 

 dutch men kisseseachother  instead of holding hand so that I dont wanna be dutch DJ anymore I prefer being polish DJ

 

polish DJxxxx

30.       mervet
20 posts
 04 Aug 2010 Wed 01:05 am

 

In southern European cultures, kisses on both cheeks are common between women or between a woman and a man, and among Greeks at least it is also common between men who are close friends or haven´t seen each other for a while. In Turkish and Arab circles on the other hand the gesture only exists between men. I´ve definitely seen young Turkish and Arabic rowdies, who I guarantee to be homophobic, kissing each other goodbye on both cheeks. Seeing it as a "goodnight kiss" makes it sound different, but it was probably seen by them as a goodbye kiss. Also in my experience all of these Mediterranean cultures, whether Christian Jewish or Muslim, are more touchy, for example the men will stand next to you with their arm around your shoulders when talking to you for no apparent reason; at least my Greek friends do this. So if the guy grabs your shoulder when he says something to you that doesn´t have to mean anything either except that he has affection for you.

http://ask.metafilter.com/70575/Turkish-men-kissing

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