What do Poles think about Turks?

You killed the thread southern...good work... @_@

Turkish people mostly has positive and good feeling about Poles.

Poles and Turks have a different mentality in ways but there never appears to be any animosity. The quieter Poles tend to get on with the Turks here very well.

What are these differences according to you Seanus ?

It is because the Poles tend to put their heads down like the Turks.But it is superficial.

Well, the Catholic faith is a major one, rock. Turkey is far more secular.

What else? In all my dealings with Turkish people (online chess a lot), they are always polite. There is not this guarantee here at all with Poles.

There appears to be a greater embracing of diversity amongst Turks. They are very different as people in their appearance too.

Turks are sneaky.The Turk tries always to deceive you.I as Balkan understand that instantly.I know what he does.
Poles and Turks have nothing in common.Turks are way too conservative.Poles are liberal,free.In Turkey you seldom see women dressed in hot mini skirts,shorts etc.You don't see companions of males drinking vodka on big tables.Generally very different culture.Polish culture is slavic extreme.

Well, I can only interpret from comments online but I am cautious of those that are too polite to me. Poles are liberal??? What??

Yes,Poles drink and fuckk freely.In Turkey you don't feel this freedom.
I was with a Russian girl in Istanbul all Turks tried to pick up her and said exactly the same things.It is boring.Not that Greeks are better but we are not so sneaky how to put that?

Sneaky? People from any country can be sneaky and Poles are no exception. I've been on the receiving end of sneakiness here.

I am surprised you emphasize all positive features for Turks and negative for Poles. When I visited Prague last year, it is said that Czechs are mostly atheists. How can Poland be such conservative. Is it a tale or a truth ?

About politeness, it is true I think. One example : In a thread last week a Turkish girl wrote that she wants to teach English or Turkish in Poland and wanted to have some info. A lot of posters began to criticize her English. A Turk usually pays attention not to hurt someone in that situation even if he/she notices that her English is not good.

Turks usually supports the weak side and not attacks.


What is funny Greeks are defined as sneaky in Turkey.


Yes mostly women do not dress in mini skirts nowadays. But in 1970's there was mini skirt fashion and in big cities a lot of women were dressing in mini skirts.

I have to confess that sex is not as free as Europe but drinking is not like that. Turks like to drink, you can find a lot of pubs, bars.

Poles are very traditional from custom and also conservative through church beliefs/indoctrination. They tend to stick with known paths and are more homogeneous than most I have come into contact with.

Yeah, Turks drink RAKI!

Raki? That's the stuff I bought in Albania. Or was it rakia?

I think Poland have the potantial to be a power in Europe. But if this mentality goes on it is almost impossible.

Yes, our national drink is Rakı :)

What do you understand by "to be a power", rock? In what way?

Rakı in Turkey, Rakia in Albania or Ouzo in Greece. There are slight differences between them, but Rakı is the original and the best one!

What rakı means to a Turk, is the same as what wódka means to a Pole.

It was quite nice, a bit of an acquired taste. Is raki that diverse? There are many types of vodka.

Thank god for that!!!

The differences that go by INDIVIDUALITY...do you seriously think people think because of their ethnicity? One would have to be a delusioned uneducated nationalist to be influenced so strongly...


Indeed...


Funny...here in America you guys are defined as the bird we eat. Just because words are spelled the same doesn't adhere the same meaning.


What power? Poland is a modern democracy. All you Balkan fools still cry about you precious empires from the dark ages because you're too nationalistic too advance. It's always the Turks with the Ottoman Empire, the Greeks with Ancient Greece, the Macedonians with Ancient Macedonia, Bulgarians with Byzantium....SIGH...get real. The more you accept that your existence has nothing to do with those things the more you will accomplish as an individual and respect others. Nationalism is nice, but ultranationalism is a poison.


Like I said, these Balkaners have no sense of modern democracy...


It's all Vodka. Just like many foods and drinks, the Turks and Balkaners ripped it off the Persians or Europeans, tweaked a few things and named it their own... (please don't take this seriously, I'm only mocking...)

George8600

I agree most of your opinions in your previous posts but not the post above.

If you are not from another planet or time ( Hımmmm can 8600 be year 8600 ? ) you have to be aware of global and regional powers in todays world. You don't have to go middle ages. Nothing changed George.

So-called modern democracy USA which you live in is an Empire of modern times. She thinks that she has right to control all countries and take their sources whenever she wants. But of course, they make some naive people like you believe that she is spreading democracy in the world. We see USA democracy in Iraq for 7 years.

George, if you say I do not want any power other than USA, I do not accept your opinion but respect. But if you say this power issue is about ultra -nationalism in Balkans, I can say you are an American fool.

Poles tend not to think beyond kebabs. They can't profit from the Turks so they leave them alone.

I have a Bulgarian housemate and he doesn't seem to like Turks. Why? Did Turks rape Bulgarians?
I don't mind Turks. I have a chubby Turkish classmate who looks like Megan Fox :)

We did not rape them but we ruled them 500 years :)

Yes American Imperialism, we all know about it and it's why I'm a liberal and not a conservative. These people rot many things and prevent a pure democracy. But like Plato said, democracy existing in pure form would be a form of Utopia and by human nature that is very hard to exist. Also I am not naive, you are rather that for thinking all Americans are the same. Have you not seen the tea party movements and the fights in congress? Also, I might live in America but there are tons of things here I don't agree with.

Also why would you respect that? Anyone who thinks the world should be ruled in unipolar power under their own country is a fool. Very much like the Nazi's. But you cannot deny that there are tons of nationalist problems in the Balkans (of course it's not as serious as in some places in mainland europe where people are killed) but still...

A lot happened back in times between Bulgarians and Turks:


But after the fall of Soviets, relations between Turkey and Bulgaria started to change. They see each other as a strategic partner now and Bulgaria supports Turkey's accession to EU.

I have many many Bulgarian and Turkish friends from Bulgaria and it is "rare" to see hate speech. Nowadays there are more then 800K Turks living in Bulgaria!

True, this never solves anything.

Has anyone here visited Polonezkoy (Adampol) near Istanbul - I'll be there tomorrow for a month (Istanbul, that is) and would like to see Polonezkoy - it it worth a visit?

Wow, the story behind that town, and Polish-Turkish relationships is amazing.

From the wikipedia entry:

What is good about Polonezkoy is nature and food (Very good restaurants but a bit expensive ). Most people go there at the weekends to leave chaos of Istanbul behind. Normally it might not be very interesting for a tourist but you will stay for a long time and you are going from Poland it may be interesting for you. You won't regret if you go you will not loose too much if you don't (if your first time there is a lot else to see in Istanbul).

If you are planning to go at the weekend make your plan carefully traffic is disaster in Istanbul.

If you haven't googled yet here you can find more information.