Mr subtle there
I don't see many relationships with young men and old(er) ladies here in the UK - certainly not of the sort I had to see over there, one Turkish lad on the water taxi seemed to be sucking out some old ladies false teeth from what I could see
I know of quite a few successful English-Turkish relationships (and there is your own of course) - and the one thing they have in common is that the age difference is on par with what is normal in the UK. I always think if you saw them 'petting' in a cosy booth in a UK pub, would people stare. If they would, it is probably a relationship based on financial benefit for the man and some other sort of benefit for the oldie
10 years difference is in my view about as far as my own brain will accept it to be a genuine reality. Any more than that and it's sad to see some of these biddies suddenly in skin tight leather trousers or ridiculous miniskirts, make up as seen on High School Musical and it's all too steeped in inevitability for my tastes.
Maybe they see something other than the chance of money or a roof over their head, but I'd rather beg and sleep in the street.
Good luck to anyone who is the exception but I won't change my mind that this is the norm. What would be interesting, as this subject has cropped up before, is the opinion of a young(ish) Turkish man who's seen it a hundred times - so what's your opinion Yusuf? What do 'everyday' Turks think when they see these things on the dolmus or in the lokanta?