The idea of Turkey joining the European Union doesn´t seem very realistic to me. I don´t consider myself any expert on politics but it just wouldn´t suit Turkey. It would bring more complications than advantages and the main good thing would be the end of visas to travel to EU. But that for sure would take a very long time to happen, considering the Turkish borders and their own migration.
I think Europe is scared just of the idea of Turkey in EU and in order not to be scared, they would try to control Turkey a little in some ways and I can´t imagine that. The Turkish definitely wouldn´t like it and I doubt they would allow it. I can imagine EU having problems with some Turkish food, maybe some traditions, the Kurds question, the power of armed forces in Turkey (highly respected by its people), the chapter of Armenians would be reopened. And there are two more issues: People would be asking "Is Turkey Europe?" and second, of course, a muslim country in EU.
My impression is that Europeans don´t really want it and Turkish don´t really care about it. I actually think they would be better without EU, which is becoming more and more an organization making new and stronger borders than opening itself (as it was proved to me last month when Ahmet wanted to come here, and as I could also see when passing the Bulgarian-Turkish border).
neděle 13. března 2011
neděle 6. března 2011
The Turkish guys (and girls)
Before I first went to Turkey, I had this funny idea that all Turkish guys are very handsome and the girls are nothing special. Then one day in Eskişehir I opened my eyes and was like "but where are the handsome guys? Was it all just in my head?". And then I looked at the girls and thought "but hey, they are not so bad. Not at all!".
One thing about (young) Turkish people is that they are dressed much nicer than us (but who isn´t, right?). They like to take care of themselves, both girls and guys. Fashionable clothes, hairstyles, some nice bijouterie etc. Kinda reminded me of Portugal. Of course the clothes is cheaper there (as everywhere out of the Czech Republic) but should we really blame it just on it? I don´t think so.
Now the Turkish guys. Hum. Foreign girls often complain about how annoying the guys they met in Turkey were. Well, nothing like that happened to me. But first, I haven´t been to Antalya, Alanya or some highly touristic place like that. Yes, you are right, I´ve been to Istanbul but Ahmet was always with me. So basically the only experience I can mention is from Eskişehir (that has a wonderful lack of foreigners) where the shop assistants were trying to have some conversation with me. It was perfectly sufficient to answer to the question if I was erasmus there, something like "benim sevgilim burada okuyor" (my boyfriend studies here) and they were cool (especially when my ten centimetres taller boyfriend appeared there). Why I´m telling you this is because in many countries it would mean nothing, the fact that I have a boyfriend. For example here in Czechia we say "but boyfriend/girlfriend is not a disease". One more thing I loved in Eskişehir is that nobody was really staring at me although I am an obvious foreigner there (like everywhere). For example in Porto the people could be quite annoying, in Rio even crazy.
The Turkish travelling in Europe - that´s a funny chapture. The ones coming for the first time to my country are usually shocked by the relationships here. Like how normal it might be partners cheating on each other or how let´s say direct we can be when we meet someone we like. I guess Turkish girls getting together with European guys like Czechs (why??? Anyway...) hope that the guy is going to be less jealous, more open-minded etc. Well, it depends on the person. And Turkish guys in Europe, well, it seems they usually go with quite obvious targets and can get a little crazy. But you could say the same about other nations, too. And we all know that erasmus is not about getting a different study experience.
But there is one thing I love both about girls and guys: they are extremely nice. Really warm, always welcoming you with their arms open. They remind me of Brazilians in that which is amazing if you realize how different the cultures are. They always offer you to drink, eat or sleep at their place. And they have this ability to make you feel like at home in five minutes although you are actually visiting them in their dormitory.
One thing about (young) Turkish people is that they are dressed much nicer than us (but who isn´t, right?). They like to take care of themselves, both girls and guys. Fashionable clothes, hairstyles, some nice bijouterie etc. Kinda reminded me of Portugal. Of course the clothes is cheaper there (as everywhere out of the Czech Republic) but should we really blame it just on it? I don´t think so.
Now the Turkish guys. Hum. Foreign girls often complain about how annoying the guys they met in Turkey were. Well, nothing like that happened to me. But first, I haven´t been to Antalya, Alanya or some highly touristic place like that. Yes, you are right, I´ve been to Istanbul but Ahmet was always with me. So basically the only experience I can mention is from Eskişehir (that has a wonderful lack of foreigners) where the shop assistants were trying to have some conversation with me. It was perfectly sufficient to answer to the question if I was erasmus there, something like "benim sevgilim burada okuyor" (my boyfriend studies here) and they were cool (especially when my ten centimetres taller boyfriend appeared there). Why I´m telling you this is because in many countries it would mean nothing, the fact that I have a boyfriend. For example here in Czechia we say "but boyfriend/girlfriend is not a disease". One more thing I loved in Eskişehir is that nobody was really staring at me although I am an obvious foreigner there (like everywhere). For example in Porto the people could be quite annoying, in Rio even crazy.
The Turkish travelling in Europe - that´s a funny chapture. The ones coming for the first time to my country are usually shocked by the relationships here. Like how normal it might be partners cheating on each other or how let´s say direct we can be when we meet someone we like. I guess Turkish girls getting together with European guys like Czechs (why??? Anyway...) hope that the guy is going to be less jealous, more open-minded etc. Well, it depends on the person. And Turkish guys in Europe, well, it seems they usually go with quite obvious targets and can get a little crazy. But you could say the same about other nations, too. And we all know that erasmus is not about getting a different study experience.
But there is one thing I love both about girls and guys: they are extremely nice. Really warm, always welcoming you with their arms open. They remind me of Brazilians in that which is amazing if you realize how different the cultures are. They always offer you to drink, eat or sleep at their place. And they have this ability to make you feel like at home in five minutes although you are actually visiting them in their dormitory.
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