Turkish people, what do you think about yabanci's in your country?

Question

Let's not start with the Kurdish people situation, please.

Answer 1

first of all its depends on your nation!  

generally turks friendly with foreigners. but now a day racism is growing in all around Europe so you have to careful. not many people would like to see some one better then him in hes own country.

  i didnt find any connection with kurdish ppl situation. doesnt make sense at all.

Answer 2

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Red Candy you claimed in another thread (see link) to be a turk in America.

Asker  BAD, you implied being of Turkish origin when replying to the question which asked "Why do Kurds live in Turkey" if they are so hated/despised

I'm sure there are others playing such a pointless game. You know, you could actually contribute to the dispersement of knowledge, understanding and perception of Turkey - the place and its people, to the general public, which is the purpose of this network, but you choose to show the common perception to western society that Turkey's landscapes, its art, its architecture YES it is beautiful - but its people are often busying their self with foolery and indecency.

You do not wish to include the Kurds in this discussion and yet you cIaimed that most of us are happily coexisting as part of the turkish nation??? We have substantial contributions to the republic of Turkey which has proved to be more useful than any of you so-called patriotic Turks in YA who also claim to be foreigners in this thread. As some of you have mentioned previously, Kurds have made significant contributions to Politics, The Arts & Sport in Turkey by taking on the label of turk. I believe I have the right to say, I am the PROUD KURD not ashamed whatsoever of my people, we make our mistakes like any human being and stand by them, and try to make up for them with our DECENCY, we try to learn and spread that learning as best we can through the promotion of QUESTIONING & ANSWERING. We do not shy away from our humanity because we embrace humility and humbleness as part of our human dignity. But, when you deny the good of my people I will not hesistate to hold a mirror to you and ask that you see how ugly you can be.

Keep covering the pot holes of turkey by asking and answering your own questions in your multiple personalities that try to hide the inconsistencies in your understanding.

You blemish your identity more-so than promote it with your antics.

I always try to side with that which is true rather than take a side based on bias, because I am capable of seeing past the borders of language, costume and ideology. In answer to the question you asked, I think that foreigner's will not have any problems in Turkey, especially if they too, present themselves with common decency, much the same as anywhere else in the world - although I would not be able to say the same thing, with confidence, for some islamic countries, as we have all witnessed even this week.

Ofcourse Turkish society's perception of Kurds, is a different matter all together.

Answer 3

my thoughts are about to change unfortunately. i was always ok with them but the situations i observed in the hotel i am staying now are really thought provoking. i would say there is at most only 5% turkish people in here which is not a problem but the majoprity is perhaps russians with at most 25%. so it is very diverse... the thing is that they dont really respect the culture, "when you go to rome, you are from rome" right? they dont get is very well, they should!

Answer 4

Generally they are friendly to foreigners. But I won't lie, there are some men who just think about s*x and they can harm you so you should beware of them.

Answer 5

I'm a yabanci in Turkey and mostly meet with kindness, friendship and respect.

I think it depends on where you are, what you do (as a profession) and how you act.

If you meet people as friends they usually respond very well (sometimes embarrassingly kindly) but if you act suspiciously towards them, you may encounter the same.

In my experience there is no innate hostility.

Answer 6

I'm a yabanci and I love Turkey.  I know many other people who are foreign to Turkey too, but absolutely enjoy living there.  Don't worry about being judged or anything, the Turks are very patient with yabancis, even if you're not the best at the language.

Answer 7

A friend of mine (Greek) works as a reporter/journalist in Istanbul and he's told me that it's great there, he never had any problems. He's been there for 5 years.  

Answer 8

we turkish people are nice with foreigners and other nations.we like them. we are not like americans hating and denyin all nations. i love france and french culture. do u like it?

Answer 9

I'm Turkish and I have lots of yabancı friends and they are all happy for being in Turkey to the point that most of them decided to settle in Turkey. this is the first time I hear somebody is scared to go out sometimes, I mean on what grounds are you scared? Come on, Are you that prejudiced? I mention prejudice because would you ask the same question if you were an expat living in say Belgium or Netherlands?

And what is the relevance of kurdish situation btw?

In Turkey and especially in Ä°stanbul there are many many foreigners, or expats living, I think you should meet with them, there is a very nice website, www.mymerhaba.com, which is founded by expats living in Turkey. They share their experiences with eachother, etc.  

Answer 10

In my experience, Turks are very friendly to foreigners as long as those foreigners are friendly to them.

Answer 11

aha yabancı!! my favorite food is yabancı.

fried yabancı, stewed yabancı with union, yummy

would u like to come to us for dinner?