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There are other things that I noticed while here in Turkey. Having been here around 20 days now, I have seen significant traits/characteristics that they have. At least here in the place where I am now.
By the way, I am assigned here in akhisar, a small town leading to Manisa when you are in Izmir. It is situated in the lower south of Istanbul (a more popular place here in turkey).
Just like what i have told, I found one thing that makes them unique in this place. They are very hospitable and respectful.
It’s true that there are some conflicts and tumults, but it’s generally safe. Again, I am speaking to where I am now and based on my experiences here in this particular place.
I happened to have a talked to one of the Directors of one of the Big companies here in this place and he told me that they respect people especially foreigners. Discriminations? I don’t think so. They hardly discriminate foreigners. Actually, they love to talk to foreigners. I will share a story in the coming post regarding this.
I will be sharing more of the things I have observed to at least give you a glimpse of Turkey, even if you are not there personally.
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If you like this then please subscribe to the I arrived here in Turkey last 19th of July 2008. I thought before that it’s also like Middle East countries where majority of the people know how to speak in arabic. But I made a mistake in my assumption.
Of course they speak Turkish language which i did not understand at all. I just known that they have a mix language from Russia, Iran, some arabic and other language. I understand some of them specially those of arabic origin because i have been to Middle East countries for quite a while.
what’s more to my surprise, very few of them know how to speak in English. we can barely communicate with the people. Even the driver that take us from the airport did not know, at all, how to speak in english. Yes, we communicated through sign language which sometimes are misunderstood.
Luckily one of our contact person know how to speak in english a bit and we usually as him to interpret or translate what has been spoken by our colleagues or co-workers. It’s good if we have a dictionary or something…
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so there you go, i should have done my homework before i went to turkey so I will not make an assumption that’s totally wrong.
But hey! everyone makes mistakes.. I learn more by making mistake, at least. But the most important lesson there is that I must not commit the same mistakes again….
It’s been around 20 days that I’ve been here in Turkey and it’s the first time to write my experiences here in this country.
though I am keeping a seraparate journal of my own, it’s always fun and exciting to write and share to all my friends (and readers) of the things I like here in Turkey, my first impressions, food they ate, their lifestyle etc…
I will be keeping this short at the moment. I will be writing in parts as I need more time because the many things i will be writing here..
For now, Merhaba…