I'm from Greece,we're neighbours
He's quite popular here, such a magnificent poet, his writings and life very touching.
Greek cuisine,music and language have been influenced by the turkish culture to a great extent
Plus the turkish language is so melodic
Hehe yeah it's a difficult question because each person is different. Totally agree with the not labelling part!
Instabul must be gorgeous indeed! That's how i had it on mind, just like you described it, as a variant blend of scents and cultures! It's amazing that there is such a diversity, is the rest of Turkey like that?
I get what you mean, here as well, there are some Greek people who are very very close-minded, racist and bigoted and sterotype the others but hopefully not all of them are like that.
How is the situation with the politics like?
Also, i had once watched a turkish film called '' Bal'' which was epic!!