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...

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.

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

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???

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"?

Haha! I didn´t know you were visiting mosques. 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.  

It doesn´t happen only in Turkey

the problem is that, i never seen it happening in Turkiye