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I don´t think that is true at all. I am not Turkish, but I´ve been around Turks most my life and noticed they love to have windows open for a breeze. It is almost mandatory to have a balcony in homes where the doors are open, from what I´ve seen.
Yes, they like to wear warm garments and wear socks or slippers in the home in order to not have cold on their feet. That is just good common sense IMHO.
Turkish ice cream is famous and good. I don´t think eating really cold food is healthy. I, to try to keep to body temperature, maybe a little colder, but not much.
Just curious. I´ve never experienced before in my life living in a country where all the people are so afraid of cold. It´s so nerve wrecking and stressful sometimes. Turkish people are so afraid of getting ill it´s such a big deal to them. For example they fear things like ice cream or cold yogurt cause they think anything cold that enters your body willake you Ill. They don´t like walking on the floor in their houses with out socks or slippers on because they believe walking on slightly cold floors will make you sick. When going outside in the fall, people bundle themselves and their children up so much, you almost feel like your in Alaska. These are just from my observations being here.
i have a theory why turkish people are so afraid of illness though.I think in turkey´s history because at one time it became a very poor country an people didn´t have adequate and nutritious foods. They lived off of mostly bread and herbs they could find. They were lacking the basic nutrition and vitamins the body needed to fight off illness thus making their bodies weak. So most fell ill and probably died. Because of that I think the turkish people in the past connected (only the cold) to causing the illnesses and not the lack of being with out nutrition and having weak immune system. & slowly this behavior and fear became embedded in the culture. Idk just my observation. Not trying to criticize. I also ask this to my turkish friends. They laugh about it too lol.
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