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This week’s list includes Turkey: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (Culture Smart!), from Charlotte McPherson. Press play and stay for every chapter.

At first glance, Turkey may seem Westernized and entirely “modern”—but appearances can be misleading. It is above all a land of contrasts, a heady mixture of Oriental etiquette and ultramodern city life, deep-rooted religious faith and determined secularism, a fierce sense of national pride, and openness to foreign ideas. The Turkish people are very much their own center of gravity, and for the unwary visitor there are pitfalls to avoid as well as great riches to be found.

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