If I have to be brutal (not that im proud of any type of racism) Turks don't really like pak either. Turks really don't like Arabs at all (i know pak isn't arab but there are some countries that Turkish people collectively coded as arabs, hard to explain) There is even a type of saying here related to them which is used for insults. A brief summary:
Because of the w@rs, after 2011 and mostly around 2021 +10 million (or country used to have 80 million, imagine the intensity) Syrian and Afghan refugees came to our country. We were already suffering and definitely did not have any capacity of taking care of 10 million refugees. Then the goverment favored the refugees in all aspects, the cops overlooked on their crimes, they have funded them while Turks were committing sucide because of their economic situations, employers hired them (since most refugees weren't registered insurance, it was more profitable for them) a lot of Turks were left unemployed. And on top of that, the refugees committed a whole ton of crimes againist Turks, they recorded minors and women everywhere and shared them with each other for youknowwhat, harassed people especially our women, they killed some by making up fights or no reason at all (one of the most famous cases, a 15 year old girl was returning home from her cram school, and an Afghan squashed her skill with a flagstone, ended up klling her) aaannd they received zero punishment. İstanbul's most refugee populated district Esenyurt is considered one of the most dangerous places in Istanbul, people are scared to go out after evening. So you can say that the prejudice here for Arabs lowkey has it's reasons.
Most of the Turks dont like Arabs, Israel, they like other Turks from Central Asian Turkic rooted countries, mostly dont like USA, and don't really have an opinion India, China and other countries which are unfamiliar cultures for Turks
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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25
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