"Two Of Our Favorite Turkish Cultural Traditions
Writen by Jim Masters
We were watching an old Ahu Tuğba movie yesterday on the SinemaTürk Channel of DigiTürk (our satellite TV provider), and in the space of less than 90 seconds we saw two of our favorite Turkish traditions enacted.
In the first one, a departing younger person (in this movie's case, the young hero) quickly kisses the right-hand of an older woman (his mother) and still holding her hand, he raises it and touches it to his forehead. And, he repeats that exact same act with the older woman's husband (his father). This is the traditional way in Turkey to demonstrate heartfelt respect -- either to someone older than yourself or to someone you admire greatly."
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