Relationships between Turkish boys and girls

In my view Turkish couples are not so different from West-European couples. On the streets you can see boys and girls walking hand in hand everywhere. Sometimes you really can see the love in their eyes. They are smiling, kissing, …

Before I went to Turkey I had a different image of it. I thought you were not allowed to kiss in public or even to walk hand in hand. I also thought that the boys were dominant to the girls and that most of the girls had to wear a veil on their head. But in reality it’s totally not like that. And that’s a good thing I think.

I think Turkish relationships are also very strong. For example: two of my flat mates have a girlfriend and they are like many years together. In Belgium they speak about relationships of 2 weeks and then it’s over. Maybe Belgium boys and girls are more independent and don’t have the need to stick together all the time. I think that’s a difference in comparison with Turkish couples which do everything together and don’t leave each other one moment alone.

Only If you go to clubs you see the guys dancing like ‘idiots’ and the girls are sitting next to the dance floor being bored. I really don’t know why, but most of the time it’s like that. On the other hand if the girls see a foreign guy (e.g. Erasmus), there is more chance they will dance with them. But I think that’s normal, because foreign people in every country looks like exotic and different what makes them attractive.

This is what I experience in Eskisehir, but I’m not sure if it’s the same situation in the East or West of Turkey. Maybe in those areas they are more conservative and women are maybe even discriminated by men. But I probably have to go there to see it for myself.