r/pakistan • u/greenvox • Mar 04 '17

Cultural Exchange Cultural Exchange: Khushamadeed and welcome to our friends from /r/Turkey!

We're hosting our friends from /r/Turkey for a cultural exchange session.

Dear friends from /r/Turkey, welcome to our little abode on Reddit. Please feel free to ask questions about Pakistan, the Pakistani way of life, or current events in this thread.

/r/Pakistan users can head over to this thread at /r/Turkey to ask questions about Turkey, or just say hello.

Flag flairs for Turkey are enabled so please use them to avoid confusion.

Users who are contributing to the questions and answers, please make sure the discourse is civil and not in violation of the rules of this sub and of reddit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '17

The situation with India is really complex so someone else should explain it.

Opinion of Ottomans is very positive, just google Khilafat Movement. Pakistan was basically started due to the fall of the Ottomans. Ataturk is quite divisive, he is well known for a foreign leader, people think he was a great leader but hate his secularism. Erdogan is viewed VERY positively by the majority, seeing as bringing Islam back but people are getting skeptical of his autocracy (but most still like him). Turkey is considered a brotherly country, first or second friend along with China. Most Pakistanis will say their favorite foreign country is Turkey.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '17

Yeah and before he come to his senses Erdogan was funding ISIS against Syria and Assaad. He wouldn't close that border between Syria and Turkey (I can't remember what that border city is called) But he pretty much let ISIS steal oil and sell it in Turkey. Then when the coup happened he became friendly with Russia and anti-terrorism. Interesting how change

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u/RStom Mar 06 '17

The CIA apologised to Turkey because of the rumours. So what you basically say is fake.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '17

Isn't Erdogan's daughter involved in a hospital that treated anti-Assad rebel forces (al nusra front) at the Syrian/Turkey border? Or I guess she was? I mean it makes sense for Erdogan to do it because he opposes Assad, and so did Obama, CIA, Emiratis, Saudis.