http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/travel/drinking-in-istanbul-and-bangkok.html?ref=travel
This article was telling us the drinking ways in Istanbul and Bangkok since they had certain times during the day to drink or to serve alcohol. For instance in Bangkok people serve alcohol from 9PM – 6AM, but before and after the time, they refuse to sell to consumers. Since this is Bangkok’s culture, the people follow these rules and they think of this as self discipline. In the Turkish culture, it is a different story. In the Spring, the Turkish prime minister actually had a plan to ban alcohol advertising and the sale of alcohol from 10PM – 6AM and the people were thinking of this matter quite highly. The Turkish finds drinking as a social interaction and an activity for them, so therefore the news was not pleasant for them to deal with.
So in Bangkok, people deal with the restrictions that they are given and think of them as self discipline and the Turkish do not like the fact they are restricted to drinking because they believe that some people have the reason to drink whenever they want.
This is interesting because it depends on how the people are willing to take this matter and deal with it or to reject the idea and rebel against it. We have similar laws in New York also and it seems as though people are dealing with the law. In New York, liquor stores are not allowed to sell on Sundays before 12PM and after 9PM, any days between midnight and 8AM, and on Christmas according to the Liquor Authority Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
