SDLC 110: Cultural Post 6

[Tenaya Bien]

According to Sezgi, people in Turkey have a very relaxed attitude towards time. She says that for the most part Turkish people are always late or it is expected that people will be late. She says that even transportation runs behind schedule. Although she says that public transportation in-between cities does not generally run late, it is more so the buses within the cities that are never on time. This doesn't really surprise me given what I have learned from my research on things such as raki culture or when Sezgi talks about meals in Turkey. It seems to me that Turkish people value time spent with people and on conversation rather than valuing a more strict sense of being on time.