Turkey

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Turkey
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Appointment

• Arrange appointments by mail well in advance
• Be punctual
• Many languages are spoken in business dealings
• Business Banking hours 9-noon 2-5
• Friday is not a holiday.
• Business appointment rarely made in summer
  months.

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• No business on Turkish holidays
• November 10 is a holiday to commemorate the
  founder of modern Turkey, Kernal Ataturk.
• Ramazen (Ramadan) observation
• Ramazen KafasiRamadan irritability
• Ramadan head
• Kubran Bayram

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Topics of Conversation

• Welcome topics
• -personal, hobbies and interests
• -professions
• -non-controversial international affairs
• -Always ask a Turkish father about his family
  few subjects give a Turk more pride than his
  sons.
• Topics to avoid
• -taking sides in any Turkish political
  questions
• -taking sides on the Turkish-Greek dispute
  over Cyprus.

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First Name or Title

• The most respectful way of addressing someone
• occupational title only
• Doctor or Attorney
• with women Attorney Bayen (Avukat Bayan)
• The traditional way
• first name Bey (men)
• Hanim (women)
• The modern way
• Bay last name (men)
• Bayen (women)
• Czengiz Dagci (a male novelist)
• Nezihe Merie (a female author)

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Business Dress

• Conservative
• Formal dress required for attending the balls
  held during New Years and the Turkish national
  holiday
• Dress code for visiting a mosque
• -modest
• -shoe-off
• -women covering heads, shoulders and arms

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Gift Giving

• Bring a gift when invited for dinner
• Further gifts are advisable if invited for
  extended stay
• Be sure to bring gifts for children
• No alcohol and depictions of the human body to
  Orthodox Islam

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Gift Givingcontd

• Wine or liquor if appropriate
• Candy
• Pastries
• Roses
• Carnations
• Glassware

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Public Behavior

• Shake hands firmly
• A two-handed handshake and a kiss on both cheeks
  among close friend
• Elders are respected in Turkey
• Tobacco is everywhere.
• Keep both feet flat on the ground when sitting.
• Its impolite for women to cross their legs while
  facing another person.

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