I am from turkey and i want to have an idea about our image in foreign countries,cultures.Do you see a difference with other islamic countries if yes what ?
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Having traveled in the region and studied history, I think Türkiye has come a long way in modernizing its society, economy, and relations with the West.  The one problem with the image of Turkey is the historical treatment of Armenians.  Please do tell us the Turkish side of the story.  \nMustafa Kemal Atatürk's accomplishments in creating the modern Turkish secular state are a shining example of what people could do in all the Muslim countries if they really tried.
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This is something that is hard to do, in fact probably even hard to describe. It also assumes people from a country "look the same".\n\n Not everyone has the common traits or similarities other people of that nation have.\n\n Some people in that nation are from different ethnic origin which makes it harder.\n\nThat said, there are similar traits that distinguish people from other countries. Hair color, eye color, height, facial structure, body type, clothing style, hair style, etc...\n\nSo there isn't a formular per country, but one could tell if you know enough people from that country and develop a "feel" for it.\n\nI can also spot Dutch people with the "typical" dutch traits, I couldn't do the same for other countries though. But I couldn't quite tell you what the "formula" is.. mainly it's hair, clothes and facial make.
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As I understand it, there is a fundamental difference in world-view.\n\nIn the Christian world-view we learn that EVERYTHING should be questioned, tested, and that truth and error can be distinguished from each other (i.e. that the Truth is knowable, and carefull study will reveal it).\n\nIn the Muslim world-view, it is taught that truth has been revealed to Muhammad as the "seal of the prophets", and that to question anything he said or did (or in some cases, what is reported that he said or did), is to committ blasphemy against God.\n\nThe Christian world-view says that God invites us to question both Him and His messengers to see if they are correct.\n\nThe Muslim world-view says that God is never to be questioned, and His messengers are to be accepted without question as well.
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Non-muslmims (i.e. western countries) do this because they percieve the world through ethnocentric eyes, as does every culture around the world.  What seems different and wrong to one culture is the way of life and a central part of core values to another.  The unfortunate aspect is that many people do not realize that their view on life is not the one and only way, having been taught their whole life that their own culture is the only one that is right, therefore they don't respect any culture or person who may have different views.  It's sad that this exists but unfortunatley this is human nature.
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well there are definitely cultural differences between all countries...the japanese and chinese are quite similar in language and culture because the japanese took the chinese culture hundreds...even thousands of years back but koreans may be different because of what is cool now in korea...you might have noticed that out of all the asian countries, the korean teenagers smoke more, drink more, and they usually try to act more...gangster and highlight their hair and act rude...but I have a lot of korean friends...and many of them are my best friends and they are very different from those koreans that I have just described.  it may also be the family's influences and not just the cultureal differences
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The sad thing is, most of us do not care about their views, but other countries see their views as America's views as a whole, since they are in the media spotlight....scary isn't it?
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It just depends on where you are and how you've been raised! I know plenty of europeans, and they seem just fine. Go any where in the u.s. and i'm sure that some state will have an issue with another state. Like kansas and arkansas. Now they don't think to highly of each other. It's not about the country, but the people and how they've been raised.
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That's a lot of different questions but I suppose that they are different for each culture and country.  With both laws and values.
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Yes, I am currently living in another country and it does get alienating sometimes. Despite the hype about "Americans don't have any culture", that is really not true. When you live in other places you are shocked by some of the cultural norms in other countries. Certain things that are legal in other countries are illegal in the US.
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I have a say that this a very broad question. India is home to many different cultures and they vary in beliefs within themselves. So there is no black and white answer to this. Anyway, being born in Indian and having lived in Australia for 8 years I will try to answer from personal experience.\nMy first impressions were very positive. I appreciated the organised way of life, openess to new ideas, good governance etc. What always disturbed me was the lack of stability in the familiy aspects, lack of respect for elderly people etc. Again this is not a blanket statement but to someone new to the west it might easily seem so. Another thing which strikes is the 'me' approach of the west as opposed to the 'us' approach still prevalent in India. Anyway, after a few more years and interactions I realised that familiy/social life is lot more stable than what it seems on the surface/propagated by media and I met an overwhelming number of dedicated parents. \nWe could continue this discussion on various aspects and its too  hard to type that much ! Feel free to contact me on yahoo msg> kingbaljeet.
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No such thing: every country is and should be unique. That gives a country it's identity. I think it depends on the mentality or personality as well as friendlyness. How boring it would be to see a satelite of countries acting the same!!
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It has more potential than any other country in the region.\n\n- Muslim illegals are mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan that are screwed up by some of the EU member states and their allies. They should be hold responsible for those unfortunate people seeking asylum. Turkey is just a passage for them, just like Greece, Italy, Austria. Do you expect Iraqis to travel to Europe through Japan or New Zealand?\n\n- Turkey has been home to many cultures that shaped today's Europe. Racially, about 1/4th of the Turks are grandchildren of Muslim Europeans who were displaced by the Christian Balkan states after WWI. They were not necessarily Turks, they were Muslims fleeing from the Christian atrocity. My grandfather is one of them, he is Romanian, and grandmother is Bosnian. They seeked asylum from Turkey, they learned the language, acquired Turkish names and became Turkish after they migrated.\n\nWhole Balkans were Turkish states for about 5-6 centuries (20-25 generations). Maybe you're not aware but Turkish culture has left a lot of traces in Europe. They didn't enforce religion onto the citizens, so we still have Christian faith on Balkans, with some Christian Turks as well.\n\nSome other facts you don't know about Turkey's potential:\n- Economy growing at about 7% vs 2.5% in EU.\n- 17th most industrialized country in the world.\n- 17th largest economy in 2006. It was the 26th in 2002, only 4 years ago.\n- Young educated population. Oversupply of engineers, doctors etc. Many work abroad as there are not enough jobs in Turkey. On the contrary many European economies depend on foreign workforce.\n- Secular democracy. No kings, no queens, no imams or monks as the head of state.\n- There are already about 5 million Turks living in Europe (not counting the 8 million in the European part of Turkey).\n- They have overcome the hyperinflation (70-100%) that screwed up the economy between 1970-2000. Now it is around 5-6%. Bad days are over.\n- 30% arable land. Arable whole year due to its climate and has enough water.\n- Strategically positioned. Energy hub to Central Asia and Middle East. Holding the 2 straits to Black Sea.\n- It is as big as France and England put together. Size matters. \n- Excellent private medical services, free public education (inc uni)\n- Healthy family & social structure. Don't have 12 year old single mothers. Doesn't have binge drinking and drug addicts.  Doesn't have high rates of divorces and single mothers. It has steadily growing population.\n- Low crime rates (lower than UK et al.)\n- Lots of natural resources, beautiful country, great food & fun loving people.\n- Many Turks will return back to her once the economy gets better... \n\nDo you really think we enjoy living in north Europe? It is all about money.
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I consider myself to be a rare species in this country(USA) because I respect every culture. Especially Iran. The people are very beautiful and loyal to their traditions, it's wonderful!
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byefareed is right!\nyou must feel lucky to be in that country then turkey!\nif we want do something with it,we must find the solution!\nmy solution is turkey must stop dreaming to be the Europe country!
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It depends on how each nation sees life.I can tell you about the greeks.At abroad we are very connected and help each other and a really strong cultural group.It's like an instinct,it's in our culture to stick together at hard times
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It's an image thing, and different cultures have diffrerent images that they want to portray.
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Sunnis & Shiites do not have fundamental differences.  Iran is the only country who is all Shiites.  They tend to hate Sunnis (I wonder if they have any Sunnis left).  I do not agree with this attitude of theirs at all.  I don't know about this religion, it might be a sect not a religion.  Good thing it is in Iran only.  We have enough divisions in believes, no need for more.