Turkey - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
$28.15
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2022
Summary
Don’t just see the sights - get to know the people.
At first glance, Turkey may seem Westernized and entirely “modern”-but appearances can be misleading. It is above all a land of contrasts, a heady mixture of Oriental etiquette and ultramodern city life, deep-rooted religious faith and determined secularism, a fierce sense of national pride and openness to foreign ideas. The Turkish people are very much their own center of gravity, and for the unwary visitor there ar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787023185 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1787023184 |
| Author: | Charlotte McPherson |
| Publisher: | Kuperard |
| Imprint: | Kuperard |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 205g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 110mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Culture Smart! |
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”…the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries,” – Global Travel
“Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers,” - Sunday Times Travel;“…the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries,” - Global Travel;“…full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas,” - Observer;“…as useful as they are entertaining, - Easy Jet Magazine;” …offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world,” - New York Times.“;
About The Author
Charlotte McPherson
Charlotte McPherson is an American who has lived in Turkey since 1979. For her graduate studies at Indiana University she specialized in Uralic Altaic languages and history. She has an M.A. in Anthropology, and during the 1980s conducted extensive research in Turkey and Central Asia among Turkic-speaking peoples. She has lectured in Social Anthropology at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, and has served as Vice President of the Turkish-American University Cultural Association. Today Charlotte lives in Istanbul, where she owned and managed a major English-language bookstore for two decades.
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