Abnormal Things in Turkey

In Turkey, these things are normal:
1-) Cleaning the house before the housekeeper arrives.
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Because Turks feel like, welcoming someone when your house is dirty is something to be ashamed of, it is disrespectful. So even if Turks call a housekeeper to ask him/her clean their house, they clean their houses partly, before housekeepers.
2-) Watching heavy equipment (work machines), and construction are our national hobbies. We love it so much.
Turks like watching heavy equipment/work machines while they are working more than any movie.
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3-) Argue or even fight to pay bills in restaurants.
After eating their meals, every Turk feels like they need to pay the bill. And they start a battle to pay the bill. They really insist on each other. Sometimes, it can cause serious problems.
4-) Turks drive their cars towards people they know to greet when they see them on the street.
5-) Trying to repair broken technological devices by hitting them is not unusual in Turkey.
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6-) Turks can decorate everything with lace.
7-) Turks put the spoon on the glass/cup. It means: I will not drink more tea. Turks do it when they are in a cafe, or during a visit.
8-) When Turks go to a concert, cinema or a theater, they count the seats and then calculate how much organizers earn.
9-) When Turks see that their friends have brand new shoes, they step on these shoes. It is something like ‘enjoy your new shoes’. It is a superstition.
It t is about evil eye belief in Turkey. if something is new, and look perfect, people may stare at it, they envy, be jealous of you. Then their negative-evil energy will affect you badly, and something bad things will happen to you.
To prevent it from happening, your friend steps on your new shoes and make them little dirty, and your enemies will not envy or feel jealous of you. And you are safe from evil eyes. :) :)
10-) Having a city named ‘’Batman’’
There is a city as ‘’Batman’’ in Turkey. It does not get its name from Batman story. It's just a coincidence.
11-) Having Evil Eye amulet tree in gardens. And everywhere…
Haven’t you ever seen Evil eye amulet trees? Turkey is the habitat of them. They give blue weird fruits.
No, I am just kidding. It is still about evil eye belief.
It does not matter whether it works, Turks just need it there, and much like a child clings to a comfort blanket, the (evil eye) Nazar Boncuğu provides peace of mind. And a lot of people also use them as only for decoration. Not every Turk believe it works.
It is said that when evil eye cracks, it has done its job of protecting you.
And Nazar Boncuğu ‘evil eye amulet’ is everywhere in Turkey. This is something you can only see in Turkey.

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