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'Not All Men' but 'All Women' feel unsafe around Pakistani men: Anoushey Ashraf on Turkey incident

‘Pakistani Perverts’ and ‘Pakistan Get Out’ trended on Twitter after inappropriate videos emerged on social media

Entertainment Desk May 16, 2022

Pakistani men made it to the trending list on the social media app Twitter in Turkey this week and it is not a moment of applause. The hashtags reading ‘Pakistani Perverts’ and ‘Pakistan Get Out’ started trending after a bunch of men filmed inappropriate TikToks and videos of Turkish women and children while visiting.

Actor and VJ Anoushey Ashraf voiced her opinion on the hypocrisy of Pakistani men and the image they put out of the country on global grounds. Referring to the outrage around actor Esra Bilgiç’s ‘revealing’ pictures on social media, Ashraf shared the screenshot of a news article headlining the Turkey incident and wrote, “Considering everyone’s concern over Halime Sultan’s choice of clothing, Pakistani men should first hand over a certificate or diploma on ‘experience with women as humans, not on their choices in life or clothes’ before giving them visa to any place in this world.”

Taking a jibe at how men get triggered on the phrase ‘not all men’, she added, “But hey #notallmen but somehow #allwomen feel unsafe around these men. Odd.”

Social media users also expressed their agitation with the actions of Pakistani tourists and its consequent travel restrictions. A Turkish user wrote, “It’s actually quite pathetic that some Pakistani men travel to Turkey to film Turkish ladies and upload their videos. Apparently they do this back home too and upload the videos or send the videos to the girl's parents.”

It’s actually quite pathetic that some Pakistani men travel to Turkey , to film Turkish ladies and upload the videos . Apparently they do this back home too and upload the videos or send the videos to the girls parents .
— Foz (@Faith_Zaib_k) May 13, 2022

Another user added, “Pakistani men caught stalking Turkish women and taking their illegal photographs. Pakistanis take their extremist attitude abroad and then cause problems for countries who let them in. Sorry, the world is not like Pakistan. I don’t want Pakistanis in Turkey.”

Pakistani men caught stalking Turkish women and taking their illegal photographs. Pakistanis take their extremist attitude abroad & then cause problems for countries who let them in. Sorry, the world is not like Pakistan. I don’t want Pakistanis in Turkey.#pakistaniperverts
— Piovera (@PioveraEksi) May 9, 2022

What’s ironic is that the decision to play Halime Sultan in Diliris Ertugrul became quite taxing for Bilgiç. While the historical drama gained great popularity in Pakistan, thanks to PM Imran Khan, the local fans of the show repeatedly criticised the actors for living their lives outside of their characters. They would morally police them for wearing clothes that did not align with their cultural values but apparently when they left Pakistan, they found the same clothes attractive.

COMMENTS (11)

Junaid Ahmed | 2 years ago | Reply Alas.Some times back Pakistani were favourite people for Turkey.In 90s visited Turkey and at airport they welcome me as a friend wdbgood gesture.But it is our deeds who disgusted us.Think think and think where we r going must be to the path of destruction

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Naz ali | 2 years ago | Reply I do think some people does but Not all .I been to Turkey with my family I enjoy.people who goes with their male friends.they are actually trubble makers

Khalid | 2 years ago | Reply Very disturbing as a frequent visitor to istanbul I can assure you not all pakistani men have the same mentality yes there are a lot of pakistani men who would gladly take pictures and post them on social media regardless of any concerns or consequences its due to poor pakistani legislation if only the government should step down on these perverts with long sentences may be then that will act as a deterrent.

Nadir | 2 years ago | Reply While the behavior of these men is clearly immature and unacceptable there is clearly a double standard here on the part of these Turkish upper class social media posters. The issue of perverts has been a common problem in Turkey dating back ages and the culprits are mostly local Turks harassing local and foreign women. So much so that a Turkish student wrote a paper on it about 15 years back cited Kozak Metin. Tourist harassment A marketing perspective. Annals of Tourism Research 34.2 2007 384-399. I myself know at least one Pakistani woman who was stalked by local Turkish men. Also according to Hurriyet s article Tourism s dark side Child sexual abuse in Turkey Turkish organizations are involved in sexual businesses where foreigners are coming to work for them as sex workers. Also according to the article more and more Turkish men are going abroad to buy sexual services from locals in Eastern Europe including children. Rape cases of foreign females have been reported and can be numerously found online. These Turkish elites hate mongering on social media seemed to miss all that. There is an article re-published on The Open Library Feelix titled TURKEY TOPS LIST OF SHAME FOR RAPING BRIT TOURISTS. The title tells what to expect to read in the article and can be viewed online for free. Another thing is Pakistani tourists have been traveling through Turkey for generations including both my parents and paternal grandparents. Long before the tourism boom. Pakistanis continued to contribute to Turkey s economy by their tourism and transit flights. Now suddenly because of some unfiltered filth amongst Pakistani travelers the entire population is unwelcome and despised. Lastly to note is that Turkish feminists and other types of pseudo-secualrists have a history of harboring propaganda against other Muslim nationalities mostly trying to stereotype them as extremists and uncivilized with patriarchy. Pakistanis have been no exception to this. All this in a failed bid to parade Turkey as a special case amongst Muslim countries where religion is separated from state and women are given equal rights. This by most means is the opposite of reality. Turkey s neo-liberal elites are notorious for denying their country s violent history towards it s non-Muslim population since it s founding in 1923. Their denial of continuous persecution of religious minorities including oppressive laws towards them such as the capital taxation laws of non-Muslims in 1942 are a clear example of them being the opposite of what they wish to make their country to be. Also not to forget that these Turks have experienced similar behavior from their rural class whom they commonly despise. The behavior of rural Turks in Europe and elsewhere has subjugated them to common prejudice. Their outrage at Pakistanis because of these events are just part of their hate mongering campaign by the double standards we see here. There were also members of the Taifatul Mansura Group or the Victorious Sect a Turkish terror group active in Pakistan during NATOs occupation in Afghanistan. They had also brought a few German converts to Islam whom they radicalized and were involved in attacks against Pakistani military personnel and civilians. Many were killed and taken alive by Pak forces. Some media outlets reported on it but very briefly. Now imagine the public outcry if the opposite happened. Pakistanis doing this to Turkish nationals in Turkey. All Pakistanis would probably be blamed. After seeing a number of incidents of jahill uneducated men making videos or Pakistanis committing other crimes and comparing to all the things I have mentioned we realize there is more going on here than what has been mentioned by the media and social media.

Safina Ali | 2 years ago | Reply Wherever Pakistanis go they make a fool of themselves. Imean khan cannot change the perverted nature of the majority of these Paki men. I ve been living g in Lahore for 4 years and I can say that the majority of men here are perverts.

Ed | 2 years ago | Reply You are assuming the Pakistanis stalking women in Turkey are the same ones policing what women wear. The stalkers may be guys who support women wearing less.

Rebirth | 2 years ago | Reply The only women feeling unsafe right now are the leaders of Finland and Sweden. But guess who doesn t want them to feel safe right now

khan | 2 years ago | Reply Dear ms anooshay if you have such huge issue with pkaistan and its men jaan chorn hamari . get out of our country. though im not supporting the act done by the minority of men abroad .

Kublai | 2 years ago | Reply Absolutely agree with Anoushey Ashraf. Pakistan has a bad international reputation. Not to mention Pakistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. So these men simply make everything worse. And with their antics abroad Why should any country Muslim or otherwise give them a visa. Same as India is known as the Rape Capital of the World. A maligned reputation. Foreign women avoid travelling to India alone.

test | 2 years ago | Reply What happened in Turkey definitely brought shame to our country. I totally agree and they must be punished so that no other person do that again. But your title seems to be saying that all women feel unsafe around these Pakistani men. Do you feel unsafe around your father brother son and husband Do your mother sister daughter feel unsafe around your father brother son and husband I agree with that on the first point but second is not just it seems personal obsession. Am i right You are mixing all of them in the same page. While every body has an opinion and not every opinion can be wrong in the same way not every opinion can be right. You have to draw a line in between good bad because it is good for mental health. Just because of a bad experience with someone you don t have to say that all are bad. But i agree that bad should be punished under the law with full severity of the problem. Anyway Give a definite reason to logic a logic that has a common sense at least. Coming to isra belgic she is isra belgic and not helima sultan of real life. It was just a drama. Do our people go inside the drama and attach emotions I mean they our people never dig deep into science and technology but they dig deep into dramas. Something is bad with our thinking and reasoning as a collective society. Remember the line between real imaginary.

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