Their love and affection is based on a skewed perception about Turkish people, fueled by blatant cultural propaganda exports. They more often then not try to project their perception on us. They are great allies, deserving the perks and all due regards. I hope that cordial relations will continue, especially in the defence sector always. But societal interactions should be held to a minimum to preserve this imo.
The relationship between Turkey and Pakistan is based on face-to-face interactions, and cooperation at the military level over the course of many decades now. It has little to nothing to do with the average pakistanis thoughts or feelings, or their consumption of ertugrul, though these things can be valuable for maintenance of public sentiment supporting the partnership on the pakistani side. It is ostensibly a relationship between the educated classes of pakistan, and Turkey.
We are a country of 260 million, mostly illiterate/underserved people. The educated segments of pakistani society, like anywhere else, probably wouldn't hold any judgement towards the modern lifestyle of many Turks. What you see on the internet I'm guessing is often time an exposure to those uneducated masses, the kind who are shell-shocked that their Halime Sultan wears jeans... Nevertheless, these people are far from any position of decision making so not a risk factor.
As for the immigrants, we can only be ashamed at what kind of foolishness exists within our borders and now seems to flee from our borders as well. In general, this new cohort of adult male refugees are basically the worst their respective countries have to offer. Cowards and imbeciles who should be trialed-by-fire at a battlefront to cleanse them.
We are facing down serious issues as a country, and time will tell how these things play out. I have heard it remarked that Pakistan as a country may cease to exist, but the Pakistani Army will live on.
Pray for us please.
