- Sixth Cultural Post: Attitudes about Time in the Target Culture
I spoke about the time attitudes of Turkish people in my first cultural presentation. Very rudely said, Turkish people do not really care about time and they are almost always late, even during very important events requiring punctuality. They do not like being pressured to arrive on time, they do not like being pressured about deadlines whatsoever. Similarly, they do not like standing and waiting in queues, and may try to break the queues and go before other people. The Westerners will not like the idea of Turkish people being always late but that is something that is culturally present among people. Turkish culture is a collective culture, therefore people do understand each other's cultural habits better and being late as a guest does not bother people.
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