- How would you qualify or describe different aspects of your target culture? Reflect and your own experiences and expectations of the culture in question. How does your culture reflect various qualitative Hofstede dimensions of culture explored in class, e.g., body language, how people talk about time, etc. Also, have you ever experienced culture shock? If so, describe.
Turkey is located where Europe meets Asia. To my belief and observations, the culture of Turkey is more incline to Asian cultures. I saw lots of similarities between Turkish culture and Chinese culture. My language partner Gokhan has shared some cultural facts with me. And there was one thing I was totally shocked- Turkish greeting style. Gokhan told us that in Turkey he had to leave half an hour early to go to the bus station when he lived in the place where he knew lots of neighbours, because he had to stop and talk with them. Each conversation would be long. In Turkey, even if two person both has work to do or is one the way to some place, they would stop and talk to each other for a while before going, once they meet on the road. And this is what they do every time, even if they are late for the next thing. This is quite opposite from the greeting style in America and China. For example, when I see my friends on my way to class, I would talk to them one sentence or two if time permitted. However, I would never to go depth in talking, if we all have classes to go.
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