In Europe when meeting new persons one of the (mostly) first questions are "what do you do for a living?". Here in Turkey people will ask, if you are Turkish, "where do you and your parents come from?" For the Turks it is very important where one comes from, also it could mean that maybe they are from the same area and therefore connected in a certain way. It might also mean that you will get advantages i.e. prices or faster help in certain matters.
In Turkey when you meet someone for the first time you normally just shake hands firmly. When getting more acquainted then you first shake the hand followed by a kiss on each cheek. This regardless of men and women. Men greeting other men usually just put their fore-heads together while men-women, women-women make the cheek-kiss. When greeting a significantly older person then you take that persons hand, kiss it and then bring it to your fore-head. This is a gesture of showing respect to the elder!
In rural areas though, especially in the east, a woman will not even shake the hand of a man. Women normally have to sit in another room.
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