All Turks are nationalists
All Turkish citizens are not ethnic Turk (Turkey is %80 ethnic Turks ,Also Kurds, Arabians,Caucasians Albanians and Bosnians live in this country. But everybody speak in Turkish)
Albanians,Bosnians and Caucaisans are more Turkish Nationalist than Turks
Turkey is an European country also it is an Asia country also a middle east country and caucasian country.
You can see a mosque with a striptise bar in the same area in Turkey.
There are not gay rights in Turkey but There are gay bars
YTL means Lira ,Turks still say YTL to Lira (New Turkish Lira) Because They still don't get used to New Turkis Lira since 2003.Some people still say 1 million 10 million 20 million lira to 1 ,10,20 lira.
Turkish men jealous
Turkish women jealous too
Some Turkish men can look direct to you in the streets.Don't wory they don't attack They look to all interesting foreigners .
You must learn to chaffer
You must be friend with Turkish Local Tourists . Thats an advantage for you.
Russian Tourist are alcholic usually
Kemer is like Russia ,Alanya is like Germany
Russians in Russia guess Antalya is a different state than Turkey .Like Republic of Antalya
You will hear ''ezan sound'' in Turkey(call to prayer) 5 times in a day (in city centers) but nobady doesn't go to mosque.Only iman and 2-3 persons. (in holiday places)
Tea is national drink in Turkey.
Pig is fobridden in islam. But you can eat pig meat in 5 stars hotels usually.There are many wild pigs in Antalya Toros mountains and Hunters hunt them and 5 star hotels buy that fresh pigs. lol
Greek coffe is Turkish Coffe, don't say greek coffe
istanbul is not constantinople
istanbul was capital about 1500 years non-stop -1st in the world-(From 400 to 1924) 2nd is Kyoto (600 years non-stop capital)
Hagia Sophia is a Mosque but it was build as a church and it is a museum at the present .
Harem wasn't a fantasy room of Sultan
Turkey is an interesting and orginal country.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Edited by
istanbul29
2008-06-20 18:10:32