Can you cope with hot weather?

Question

How do you best cope with the weather when it is extremely hot, I am English and now living in Turkey and my home is in Istanbul, I always suffer from the heat here and once had a mild heat stroke which made me feel really ill.

I know the Turkish people are used to the weather of course as they have adjusted, sometimes even my Turkish wife feels the heat and she is used to it, how best do you cope with the weather when it is really hot.

Please answer if you are not particulary used to hot conditions, I know people who live in hot countries will be used to the heat

Answer 1

Stay indoors to keep yourself cool, cover with sunscreen, and drink plenty of water.

Answer 2

Well what I do in the summer time is drink mint tea. See where you can get peppermint leaves and make your self some iced tea with it. That's what I do, also I use peppermint soap when it gets too hot.

My personal favorite is Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Peppermint Liquid Soap, that will cool you off on the hottest of days.

Its been in the 90's (degrees) lately which is not a normal temperature for where I live and the tea really keeps me cool.