Turkish Daily News informs me that British home decor chain Habitat is coming to Turkey. This adds to some worries I had last week about Turkey slowly turning into England. Koç Taş is nearly B&Q, Marks & Spencer arrived a couple of years ago, Kipa is becoming Tesco, TelSim has already become Vodafone, and now this. And of course the United States gets Boots and WHSmiths, the two British exports that are actually somewhat attractive to me.
I guess I have to accept the fact that eventually every big company will be everywhere in the world. So where’s my Krispy Kreme? Where’s my Yo!Sushi? I wish we’d get some flowers instead of all the weeds, if you see what I mean. But I’m not holding my breath. I think if they opened a Yo!Sushi here I’d run down the street screaming with joy. If they opened a Krispy Kreme I’d be in jail before lunchtime. Link