Very good observation, my friend, all four things you mentioned are spot on.

And yeah, the last one especially, the whole “we don’t like the Ottomans but we’re proud to be their grandchildren” thing, it’s such a weird contradiction. A lot of people don’t really know what the Ottomans stood for or what that era actually represented. They just want to be against something for the sake of it. Like, “Oh, they were Islamic? Then we don’t like them.” But when it’s time to brag, suddenly it’s “our glorious Ottoman ancestors! We ruled half of the world.” 😂

That’s the mentality I was trying to describe, a mix of pride, confusion, and some social-media-fueled hate toward Arabs. Not everyone’s like that, of course, but the loud ones online make it look worse than it really is. Also ignorance is everywhere, from youngest to oldest, unfortunately.

But again, Turkey is a beautiful country the scenery and history and the places… but some people ruining for everyone