{"id":29475,"date":"2019-07-19T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/?p=29475"},"modified":"2019-07-19T21:31:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:31:18","slug":"love-it-or-leave-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/love-it-or-leave-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Love it or leave it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In almost every European city where Turkish immigrants live, it is common to see supporters of Turkey\u2019s ruling party or the fans of a victorious football club taking to streets with motorcades, honking and cheering, shouting slogans and waving their flags.<\/p>\n
Here in London, too, Turks celebrate or protest significant events taking place in their homeland by gathering in capital\u2019s main squares, with their scarves, placards and giant Turkish flags.<\/p>\n
Turkish is one of the most common languages spoken on the streets of London. \u00a0Doctors\u2019 surgeries, local government offices and schools are expected to provide information leaflets in Turkish as well as other widely spoken foreign languages.<\/p>\n
Judging by the number of football fan clubs, businesses and restaurants carrying the name of Black Sea towns, there must be a sizable community of Turks from the region living in the UK.<\/p>\n
I cannot help wondering \u00a0how they react to news from their homeland, such as the latest one <\/a>\u00a0from Trabzon\u2019s \u00c7aykara district, where \u00a0a group of Iraqi Kurdish tourists, visiting a popular tourism spot at Uzung\u00f6l, \u00a0were attacked by some locals for wearing a scarf with \u2018Kurdistan\u2019 written on it.<\/p>\n