 FAQ about hitch-hiking in TurkeyWritten by Pave? (pisklak2(a)priv3.onet.pl)
Additions by Gede Matyas (saman(a)sch.bme.hu)
HH:
- No big problems , they stop before you manage to wave (in Kurdystan, in
West Turkey it's like in Europe).
- I stopped : a motobike, a carrage with a horse, tractor a few times. Also many
times rode on the top of the truck or on the trailer.
- Look european while hitching (orange trousers for example like me)
Police
- Police don't care about hitching on the middle of highway.
- May arrest you saying something like "Problem , problem"
Pervert drivers
- 50%
- I had a picture of my girlfriend to defend myself
Money
- Say "para yok" , means "no money"
Children
- Have some candies
Food
- Spicy
- Drivers often invite for dinner
- wash fruit bought on the market before eating unless
you want to spend 3 days on wc. by the way WC is 'tuvalet', men's is 'BAY', women's is
'BAYAN' stomach problem: 'Ishal' it hurts: 'Ariyor'
Walking on the
street
- Don't look european (Better no orange trousers # !# %#$ :(, just blue jeans and
shirt to look turkish)
Language
Nereye gidiyorsunuz? - Where are you
going?
Macar'im/ Macar'iz - I'm / We're Hungarians. Substitute the Macar with your nationality
(in Turkish)
teshekkur ederim - thank you very much. (Tesekkür ederim)
etc.
Buy a dictionary : go into the shop and say: 'Bir inglizce-turkce sozluk lutfen'
(correctly 'Bir inglizce türkçe sözlük lütfen', if your machine displays turkish
characters) if you know 20 words, you can explain anything. |
