In the previous article of my blog, I told about what would surprise me if I were a foreigner lives in Adana. And in this article you`re going to read an interview with a real foreigner, Jake Olson about the things which really surprise him about Turkey. When I asked him to list the surprising things, I got those fantastic answers which I`ve really enjoyed reading.
Here is the interview ;
Humm... What surprises me about Turkey?
- I'm surprised at how easily the traditional and the modern can co-exist in one place.
- I'm surprised at how much people gossip about one another.
- I'm surprised at how cheap it is to rent a house and how expensive it is to buy a house.
- I'm surprised at the way young people and adults speak of their own and others' circumcision so freely and naturally.
- I'm surprised at how kind and friendly most people are.
- I'm surprised that Gasoline is so expensive.
- I'm surprised that one country can have so much wonderful food.
- I'm surprised that prostitution is accepted as normal and not seen as disgusting and shameful for normal men.
- I'm surprised at how in some ways Turkey is more technologically advanced than America.
- I'm always surprised when I see someone over 35 using MSN messenger (quite often.)
- I'm surprised at how facebook became so popular so quickly.
- I'm surprised that Alcohol is available so freely in a "Muslim country" but Pork is nearly impossible to find :(.
- I'm surprised at how people rip on each other about their weight.
- I'm surprised that there are so many beautiful places in Turkey.
I really thank Jake for this interview. I`m sure he`s going to face many other surprising things in the rest of his life in Turkey.
10 comments:
It was fun to write Vedat. Thanks for featuring me on your site!
hey Jake, I thougt that I would not find anyone else better than you to interview. Now, when I read your answers I realized how much I`m right to choose you.
Hey!! Good job Vedat! It was really fun to read Jake's answer! Interesting topic for us!
Thank you Jake for helping us! :)
I enjoyed reading the responses given by Jake.
Good Luck with your blog, Vedat.
:)
Nice designed and written blog Vefat, Succes!
internation musing,
you did a spelling mistake.it was funny you wrote ' vefat' which means 'death' :)
Thank you all for your nice comments, especially Thanks Jake!
Ersin, I have a Turkish key board but it doesn't reflects what I write since I have it change to English. In fact I typ 'blind'.
Will the both of you add to our blog list.
I am a Dutch in Istanbul, international communications, which is all about Ground Work and doesnt have anything to do with diplomacy.))
regards
hans
i learned a lot from reading this entry, i was most surprised that prostitution is so common and accepted. i thought that it would have been ever more strict than in the US, but i was wrong.
~Shannon
Thanks for your comment Shannon!
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