Non-stereotypical Turkish culture

I am doing a marketing research project for university and want to discover what are some cultural things that happen in Turkey that is not something stereotypical such as the Ice Cream cone or a Fez.

• What do the younger people do or say, and same for older generations.

• Positive or negative things that are always talked about (I have heard that traffic and queues are really bad, everyone loves babies and Istanbul is full of cats for example)

• Is there certain locations or times of year people gather.

Basically I need to know everything I can about true Turkish culture things that I wouldn’t know without going or living there myself! anything would be appreciated. Thanks!