Yesterday night, on my way back to home I had an opportunity to realize a new thing about Turkish culture. It was about the distances among the cars standing in red light.
It is known that Turkish people are friendly and close in their relations and contacts. It is due to the coordianates it is located in the world. It has warm climate and lively people. However, as you head for northern countries, it is to be perceived that the inhabitants living there, do not keep gestures and mimes as friendly as Turkish people do.
I do not aim to compare populations’ conducts, yet the standing and routing positions of the motor vehicles in traffic between Turkey and the other countries.
In northern lands, vehicles come to a halt sparing enough spaces between each other in red light. Nevertheless, in Turkey, as I brought up above, drivers retain so close spots in red light that lets only one person to walk through. Reason of which lies in the features and characteristics of Turkish citizens. I wish you see what I mean ☺
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That makes sense..
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Generally people in western Europe and the States fall comfortably into lines. Plus, in modern urban planning (with precedents stretching back to Greek and Roman cities, Western cities tend plan streets along a grid. But in Turkey, there is more comfort with crowds, with people filling up the empty spaces. It's almost as if people want to be as close as possible to others. As if empty spaces are either useless or meaningless or both. It's a challenge for runners :)
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