turkey.

Submitted by Mert Kocadayı (Turkey), Oct 2, 2008 at 08:38

as a turkish person,i can say if you're travelling to turkey,you should find some suitable places,maybe people before you come.because as you said,east and west parts are very very different and there is a great immigration to west part.

i'm from izmir and like you me and my girlfriend are so disturbed about this issue..even in izmir she can't walk in a street without any abuse (with speaking or visual).and another thing that i want to say,what turkish men want is not a good topic for this article. because,you should really live in here for 4-5 years.

turkey is a very strange country. a turbaned girl, a composer,a girl with a very short skirt,a guy from east part,a real blonde girl ( we really have blondes by the way,especially in west part =) can be together in a restaurant.i study composing and conducting in university,my sister and mother are blonde, my girlfriend is a drama student,etc. so i'm a turkish boy.yeah,sometimes i don't want to live here because of the men that you told,but my friends are not that kind of people.we really have many people to talk about relationships,art,people,places,sex etc. like the other european countries.try to find them ;) good luck! =)

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