My brother in Islam, I already said, "türkçe bilmiyorum," why are you saying the same thing to me louder.

@sharghzadeh The only other groups that do this are English speakers and Russians.

@AliMirz93337139 I've also seen this, sometimes American tourists have no concept of speaking in a simplified dialect, they speak English as if they're in America, even using colloquialisms and complex terms, assuming anyone will understand them.

@sharghzadeh 😂for some reason, I thought you had learned the language before moving there

@uh_lee_zay Man, I should have learned it from birth, it's my mother's native language...

@sharghzadeh I have a different experience. They try their best to make you understand even if you don't understand anything. Once they tried to help me by finding a Russian speaking Turk. They thought he could help.

@sharghzadeh Idk but during my last trip to Istanbul there was a waiter in a coffee shop who really helped me with his broken english and also helped me note down many turkish words that would come in handy

@sharghzadeh Türkçe çok çabuk öğrenibilirsin ya !

@sharghzadeh زبانِ یارِ من ترکی و من ترکی نمی دانم چه خوش بودی اگر بودی زبانش در دهان من

@sharghzadeh What's actually worse is the 'speaking louder' trait is actually a very common meme amongst us Turks in Türkiye. They're aware of it. Like bro don't just joke about the problem. Fix it.

@sharghzadeh It just depends on what Turk you meet, I’m Iranian and Kurdish and every Turkish person I met tells me about how similar our languages are. Then again these are Turks in America, idk how it is back in Türkiye and being Kurdish it might be the least of my issues lmfao

@sharghzadeh I hope someone posts something funny as a response to this tweet.

@sharghzadeh or they just immeadiately hand you google translate

@sharghzadeh No this is literally everyother group Some are just more open about it than others

@sharghzadeh I travelled to Istanbul twice and i found people to be quite accommodating language wise. Maybe extra friendly with Pakistanis? That said, maybe Urdu has more in common still with Turkish than Arabic or Persian.

@sharghzadeh Note inflation & xenophobia go together. Recent xenophobia against the numerous Syrian refugees blamed for bar economy as well as waves of Iranian tourists blamed for drinking & other vices.They are not that way when they are trying to sell something to a Western looking tourist

@sharghzadeh I have found this to be the case in China too.

@sharghzadeh lol agreed

@sharghzadeh Thoughts on Turkey? I want to visit but all I hear are horror stories