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Italian men looks so gentil in their casual or suit clothes. However, they don’t look comfortable. Are they really prefer fashion to comfort? Actually, it is like high heel shoes. Women sometimes are not comfortable with their high heel shoes but they never give up.

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While surfing the internet, I saw fancy pants design. I just wanna share with you. I am curious about how your thoughts are? =)

Turkish men vs Italian men

I try to find out why a turkish man prefers to be comfortable in his trousers. Maybe, it comes from ancient times. Who knows? =) Let’s take a look to ancient Turkish style…

We know that before Turkey, there was Ottoman Empire. Ottoman imperial style was not dominated but inspired by other cultures in the course of centuries, such as the Chinese, Mongolian, Persian, Arab, as well as the Byzantine, Hungarian, Italian, and Austrian. The Sultan’s court was the melting pot for all of these influences.

Ottoman male dress of high rank was distinguished by features such as length, colors, and patterns. They weared  baggy trousers. In Turkish it is called ‘Şalvar’

Maybe, it comes from ‘şalvar’, this tendency to feel the comfort in pants…

Turkish men vs Italian men

In the video, we see what is fashionable in 2008.

Turkish men vs Italian men

“One neither desires coffee nor a coffeehouse.
One desires to talk with others, coffee is but an excuse.”
A Turkish saying

Coffee has an important role in Turkish lisfestyle and culture. This culture is coming from the days of the Ottoman Empire. The serving and drinking of coffee has a profound effect on customs, political and social interaction, prayer, and hospitality traditions. Although many of the coffee rituals are not prevalent in today’s society, coffee has remained an integral part of Turkish culture.

For both men and women, coffee is at the center of political and social interaction. During the Ottoman period, women socialized with each other over coffee and sweets. Men socialized in coffee houses to discuss politics and to play backgammon. In the early 16th century, these coffee houses played host to a new form of satirical political and social criticism called “shadow theatre” in which puppets were the main characters. Over the years, Turkish coffee houses have become social institutions providing a place to meet and talk. Today, Turkish coffee houses continue their role in society as a meeting place for both the cultured citizen and the inquisitive traveler. Istanbul offers many new and delightful cafe-restaurants where friends and family meet to discuss topics of the day over a cup of traditional Turkish coffee.

Turkish men vs Italian men

Turkey is well-known with its soccer games, football players, and its technic directors. Let’s talk about Turkish football a little…

Turkish national team’s technic director is Fatih Terim. Fatih Terim was the trainer of the Milan for a time. He is known as ‘emperor’. Turkish National soccer team was on the 3rd rank in the world.

One of the Turkish soccer teams, Galatasaray is the champion of UEFA 2000. The other Turkish soccer team, Fenerbahce played the semifinal in the european champion last year. The only team who won with its uncredible goals at the very end of the game was FENERBAHCE.

Turkey’s soccer is known with its end of successes. Turkish team never gives up. The fastest goal was done by Turkish player HAKAN SUKUR.

Turkey’s national team has many successes. However, as a comparison based on league, Turkish super league comes after England premier league, Spanish la liga, and Italian serie A. The reason is that Turkey has only 4 big teams among its 18 teams: FENERBAHCE, GALATASARAY, BESIKTAS, and TRABZONSPOR. Only these 4 teams were champions in europe soccer games. The reason is that these 4 teams’ origin is Istanbul, and in Turkey 70 million people are fans of one of these teams. However, in Italy or Spain people are supporters of their own city’s team. In the Europe these 4 Turkish teams are well-known. The biggest point is that now many successful soccer players play in Turkish teams such as Roberto Carlos. This means that Turkey improves itself in the league.

Turkey teams’ best successes are: Galatasaray won the UEFA. Fenerbahce won the champions’ leaugue last year.

Football is not only a game, organizations for soccer games are also very important. Turkey is also good in organization. UEFA champions’ leaugue was organized at ‘İstanbul Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadı’ in Turkey in 2005. UEFA will be held on at ‘Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Stadı’ in 2009.

Turkish men vs Italian men

As the guest speaker in my fashion class, the creative director of Ermenegildo Zegna mentioned Paris is capitol of fashion for women, New York is for men and women, Milan is for men. So, we can directly refer to Milan for men fashion.

A few years ago, when you ask to society… Men or Women, which one is more interested in fashion? The answer would be women. However, that answer changed. In our days, men are interested in fashion as much as women, even more!

If you ask me for one adjective to describe milanese men fashion, it would directly be ‘feminien‘! We will see more explaination about that issue with photos.

Turkish men vs Italian men

Turkish men vs Italian men

Turkish guy generally prefer to be comfortable and fashionable. They don’t give up fashion. However, they also look for comfort for their pants.

In my university, Koc University, you can see many guys wearing their sweatpants or denims. The brand that they prefer is Abercrombie&Fitch, Nike, Adidas, or Diesel. They like to combine their sweatpants or denims with FredPerry tshirts.

The difference from Bocconi guys is that in Bocconi, guys never wear sweatpants. They prefer to wear more strech denims or pants. Turkish guys think that you can lookfashionable in your comfortable sweatpant!

For me, the main point is to feel the comfort. Italian guys feel comfortable in their strech denims, Turkish guys catch the comfort in their sweatpants or normally cutted denims =)

Turkish men vs Italian men

One of the Turkish traditions are Turkish baths. In Turkish it is called ‘hamam’. It is a community bath. It is a Turkish culture’s element.

The inside architecture is much more emphasised rather than the outside. ‘Hamam’ has a really mystic atmosphere. In Turkish baths men and women had separated bath sections.

At the past, these bath houses were social places to celebrate something. For example: there were the ‘bridal bath ceremony’ of a girl before getting married, the ‘forty-day bath’ of a child after his/her birth, the ‘votary bath’ held when a person’s wish was fulfilled, the ‘guest bath’ held fot friends or just guests. Even, mothers chose brides for their sons at the baths.

In our day, ‘hamam’ still exists. People are going to ‘hamam’. It is traditional to consume fruit, lemonade and various fruit juices and sherbets in the bath.

Relaxing is the most important element of ‘hamam’.

“A person taking a Turkish bath first relaxes in a room (known as the warm room) that is heated by a continuous flow of hot, dry air allowing the bather to perspire freely. Bathers may then move to an even hotter room (known as the hot room) before splashing themselves with cold water. After performing a full body wash and receiving a massage, bathers finally retire to the cooling-room for a period of relaxation.” (from wikipedia)

The towel of ‘hamam’ is different than normal towels. It is called ‘pestemal’. You can see it in the link.

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Turkish men vs Italian men