About Turkish Men and Women
Bornova, Turkey

"Turkish men know only three things: politics, soccer and girls", said an entertaining twenty-something Turkish guy to me the other day.

But I'd probably add one more thing to that generally accurate list: premature balding. The vast, vast majority of men in their late-twenties sport the hairlines of what you'd expect to see on Caucasian guys two or three decades their senior.

Onur and Arzu sandwiching another (rather cute) Turkish girl that I just refer to as 'Princess', as she's certainly the type.

Onur has this vast collection of female friends that keep making appearances at the apartment, or joining us for drinks. I finally got around to telling a pair the quote about Turkish men (above), and asked the two, "What do Turkish girls know?"

Their reply: "Shopping, shopping, shopping!"

Most Turkish women in their twenties (here in the western part of the country) have petite, athletic frames—nice bodies with tight butts and small cup sizes. I had a friend tell me the (larger) nose thing was off putting for him. Many are certainly nice to look, especially since the parts of the country I've been seeing are quite cosmopolitan.

But there's something off. I obviously can't speak from experience, and I might be wrong on this, but I get the distinct feeling Turkish women are just terrible in bed. I've asked local men that've had experiences with foreign women domestically and abroad, and haven't yet found anyone to refute my gut feeling. I think there's a serious 'mossy log' issue here.

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