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"Either poor or penurious you
feel,
Light
a cigarette after each meal." Turkey has
the fourth place in the world with 22 million
active and 22 million passive smokers.
Unfortunately, people do not seem to care much
for non-smokers. Recently however, there has been
a tendency to prohibit people smoking in public
places but this may take more time to gain
acceptance.
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| Drugs |
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| The illegal possession, sale or use
of drugs such as hashish, heroin and cocaine, is
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| Baths and Toilets |
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| Water has always been abundant
enough to become part of the culture. Therefore,
people of Anatolia have gotten used to running
water. They always prefer washing themselves in
running water (shower or Turkish bath) rather
than sitting in bathtubs. If they have a bath,
they would take a shower afterwards. Washing
faces is the same; they would do it under running
water rather than in a washbasin filled with
water. Toilets may be oriental or western.
They have separate sections for men and women.
Near each mosque there are usually public
toilets. Small water pipes coming from the back
of the toilets are for water to cleanse with
providing a simplified bidet. Toilet paper is
used just for drying. Therefore, since paper is
not thought to be absolutely necessary, you might
not find enough in all public facilities.
Toilets :
(1) western style, (2) oriental style
Public
toilets are always better in hotels and
restaurants. On highways, toilets may be quite
primitive. In most places both men and women have
to pay to use public facilities.
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