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Actually, it is predictable that Italian people are individualist, when we look at the Italian political issues, especially Mussolini fascism period.
I have watched the video, and I can easily enunciate that Italian and Turkish daily lives seem to be the same. We have some differences in some ways though, for instance we can't survive as an individual, we have to be together in order to function better. It is more reliable and easy way for Turks to live, and Turks love to rely on each other.
I didn't know that the Italian people were so flexible before i watched the video. I thought that you italians are as conservative as the other european nations. For example, in the video,especially in the example of cigarattes there are many similarities between Turkey and Italy. People in Turkey like smoking and in the areas smoking is not allowed, some rich people pay for the punishment and still smoke just because they want to. Apart from smoking, when it comes to eating, taste is a very important issue especially in the eastern part of Turkey as Italians.
As I read the article and watched the video, I learned some detailed characteristics about Italian culture and discovered the similarities between Turkish and Italian people. Italians are trying to find out practical ways to do something as Turkish people do but this initiative usually ends with chaotic situations. For example, avoiding walking while going for working out is a behavior which is very typical for me because we, Turkish people, do the same thing and unfortunately we all know that we are wrong by acting this way. To me, the major cause of these behaviors is that both Italian and Turkish people are a little bit impatient. That’s why we are complaining and whining all the time and contributing to chaotic situations. However, we are warm-blooded and we all have humorous mentality as Turkish and Italian people. Therefore, we are enjoying life not like cold European people. How lucky we are.=))
The article shows that national and cultural features can be seen in all Mediterranean countries and "being cultures" and some of the national characteristics can be generalized in such countries. Because of the fact that all readers of this article and viewers of the video from Mediterranean surely observe their daily and ordinary behaviours, so this article does not only include Italian life but also contains most "being" culture's traits. For instance, experiences while waiting for a bus, difficulties in terms of bureaucracy, incidents in queuing lines are some of the most visible ones that can be faced in all countries and prove the generality of mentioned situations.
As the video suggests Italians are lazy, don't like walking, which is like Turkish people. For instance, I leave my car near the sport centre when I go there, I am lazy too. Also my friends do the same thing. In campus students go with their cars to faculty from their dorm for not walking 50 meters. Another interesting fact is that they don't care what happens so we can say they are flexible like Turkish people, but at the same time they obey the rules. It means that they differentiate important things than unimportant things. Also, they have different habits and taste, it is normal owing to fact that everyone have different taste. However, in Turkey, they copy each other. For instance; we order the same things in a restaurant. I don't agree with that their emotion come into prominence in their life it is correct but it should not be in every part of life. You can mix significant and insignificant things each other and can create problem. Moreover, they tend to blame other people for malfunction in some jobs and they don't accept mistakes. This is like Turkish people. When something goes wrong like traffic, we blame government.
I really enjoy watching Bozzetto’s video. It has got a sarcastic but also soft narration system. Having watched that now I can characterize Italy easly in my mind. As much as I gathered from the article, Italians depend on their emotions rather than their logic. Being emotional can be disadvantage but not in every situation such as family life or relationships. Apart from this, I feel close with Italian people in some ways and one of them is laziness. For example, when i go to a sport center i prefer to park my car near as much as possible. In addition, Italians’ way of happiness, flexiblity in difficult situations and ability to get pleasure of landscapes, food and love make Italians more sympathetic. For instance, when Italians meet anybody in street they act friendly. Most Turkish people, especially the youth living in big cities can see we have got lots of similarities. For example, Turkish people are really impatient in traffic as Italians. Turkish people cannot stand traffic jam for a minute. They start immediately pushing horn and make a sound pollution because waiting is a kind of cruelty for them.
The article talks about detailed points about the cultural thinking ways of Italians owing to the attentive observations of the writer. After I read the article and watched the video, the ordinary daily life of Italians became animated in my head. Italian way of living is not only interesting but also familiar in some aspects as Turkey. That being so, Italian people strike me rather than other Europeans due to their flexible, happy and emotional life style.
Italian and Turkish people interpret the events in similar perspective. While I was watching the video, a smiling appeared on my face because of the attitues of Italian people. However, trafic-related parts of the video is familiar and also I have become more aware of my own behaviours as looking the situation from the outside provides a better comprehension. Besides, individualistic world view of Italians differentiates from Turkish in terms of drinking and eating habits. For instance, if a Turkish person is hesitant what he/she wants to drink or eat in a restaurant, ordering the same meal with the friend is the most pervasive solution.
Turkish people and Italian people are completely exposing the same reactions as I saw in the video. The reason for this might be that we both are from Mediterrenean countries. As Barigazzi animated, applying in smoking rules is the same in Turkey and it becomes worse gradually but it is pleasing that Italian people try to adjust this smoking problem. I also would like to add that we are both impatient in every part of our daily lifes . For instance, in traffic animated part of the video every driver tries to drive fast and pass the other cars, which is the same in Turkey. That’s why there is news about lots of car accidents on Turkish television. Furthermore, we are quite quick-tempered people in terms of waiting in a line, especially, when we are in a queue mostly for football matches. Everyone shouts at a person who they think is cutting the line instead of warning him politely. However, in some cases Turkish people are quite different. For instance , we like sharing such things our food, equipments even our clothes and it stems from our tradition.
Reading the article 'A Good Anchor' I understood I don't have enough knowledge about Turkey to write a real comment. I can only write what I felt... It's like Turkish thinks being in the UE will be a big opportunity to learn the rules of the Western market and culture. This will help Turkish economic leaders to be the best. Maybe it's right, young economic systems can learn from the others and improve their structures.
In the article I can read:
"The EU for Turkey is a vehicle, or a set of values,""transparency,trust, comfort and stability."
If this is Europe, that I see drove by a storm of private interests, I would like to know more about Turkish social and economic system....probably my next trip will be there!!
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