Having read Turkish forums for many years, and having lived in Turkey myself, I've noticed that Turkish men never try and adopt British or American customs, or start behaving as though they've been kidnapped by some strange sect. Yet some of the women - almost as soon as they meet a Turk - start behaving all Turkish! I think it's pathetic and embarrassing.
These women who do this remind me of teenyboppers who developed crushes on the likes of Donny Osmond, and would start using the same toothpaste he used, eating his favourite food, and wearing his favourite colour. I suppose doing these things (because they were in awe of his image and hero-worshipped him like a God) made them feel a bit 'closer' to him - and in their heads they could daydream that they'd somehow meet and fall madly in love, have a beautiful white wedding; live in a beatiful mansion, and have half a dozen beautiful, well-behaved children together. And they'd all live happily ever after.
So by eating fried peanut-butter sandwiches (or whatever his facvourite snack was) and walking around with a purple T-Shirt on, they kind of felt they were a bit like Donny himself! Well, these Turkophiles are just like that - except they're not teenyboppers - they're middle-aged women!
There's one woman on some site who wrote something like:
"..........fakat Türkiye'de kalbim
Hoş geldiniz! :birgits_coffee
Hope you enjoy time with us. So, what's your interest with Türkiye? Mine is because my BF is Türk , and I am learning the language, and enjoying that so much......"
Anyone reading that would possibly think this woman lived in Turkey, and had a lot of knowledge about the place. But the reality is, she's never set foot in Turkey in her life - and she's never clapped eyes on the Turk whose fished her off his computer while he sits around sipping cay in the bus station! They've been having an 'LDR' (as she refers to it) for over a year now, and the nearest she's ever got to anything Turkish is making a courgette fritter.
I'm just curious how her mind works, and what other people make of her condition?
Strawbs
These women who do this remind me of teenyboppers who developed crushes on the likes of Donny Osmond, and would start using the same toothpaste he used, eating his favourite food, and wearing his favourite colour. I suppose doing these things (because they were in awe of his image and hero-worshipped him like a God) made them feel a bit 'closer' to him - and in their heads they could daydream that they'd somehow meet and fall madly in love, have a beautiful white wedding; live in a beatiful mansion, and have half a dozen beautiful, well-behaved children together. And they'd all live happily ever after.
So by eating fried peanut-butter sandwiches (or whatever his facvourite snack was) and walking around with a purple T-Shirt on, they kind of felt they were a bit like Donny himself! Well, these Turkophiles are just like that - except they're not teenyboppers - they're middle-aged women!
There's one woman on some site who wrote something like:
"..........fakat Türkiye'de kalbim
Hoş geldiniz! :birgits_coffee
Hope you enjoy time with us. So, what's your interest with Türkiye? Mine is because my BF is Türk , and I am learning the language, and enjoying that so much......"
Anyone reading that would possibly think this woman lived in Turkey, and had a lot of knowledge about the place. But the reality is, she's never set foot in Turkey in her life - and she's never clapped eyes on the Turk whose fished her off his computer while he sits around sipping cay in the bus station! They've been having an 'LDR' (as she refers to it) for over a year now, and the nearest she's ever got to anything Turkish is making a courgette fritter.
I'm just curious how her mind works, and what other people make of her condition?
Strawbs