Turkish honesty

Submitted by Istanbulchick (Turkey), Sep 22, 2009 at 10:46

I make no bones about my hatred of islam and how it corrupts the cultures and minds of the people (especially men) it infects.

That being said I love Turkey, Turks and their culture. I hate that it has been infected with islam. But here is a little insight into Turkish honesty.

It's very dangerous to ask a Turk for directions. Even if they don't know the directions they will give you directions because they want to appear helpful. Their logic is the asker is happy when they get an answer and when they become lost again they will just ask someone else for directions and eventually they will get the correct directions. Advice if you are traveling in Istanbul: If you do ask for directions don't ask for street names, many streets don't even have signs. Instead ask for landmarks near the destination you are going to. If the person you're asking actually does know the directions they will be able to tell you some landmarks. If they tell you to go to such and such a street and then left at such and such avenue chances are they haven't a clue to what they're talking about.

A friend (the very same friend who told me to stay away from Turkish men when I first got here) and I were traveling to his parents home some distance away from Istanbul. We were behind schedule and his mother kept calling asking where we were. He kept lying to her and telling her we were much, much closer than we actually were. I mentioned to him that he should tell her the truth about where we were and how long it would actually take us to get there. He said "If I told her the truth she would get angry at me and that is bad for me. My lies make her happy and that's good for me."

Now, if they can lie to their own mothers to save their own butts what makes you think they would have any qualms about lying to some Western wh*res who spread their legs for them before marriage for the purpose of getting sex/visa/money?

Just some food for thought.

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