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Touchy-feely in Turkey

Jessica Cross
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Turks tend to express their friendliness in a physical manner. Both women AND men link arms while walking as a sign of close friendship. Both women and men kiss each other on each cheek when saying "hello" or "goodbye." Also, it is perfectly acceptable for you to approach someone else's children, play with their hair, squeeze their cheeks, and talk to them. The owner of a restaurant my friends and I visited let us play with his child and hold him while he was cooking our food.

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