We have good relations with pro-Erdogan Turks. Not with Kemalists who hate Pakistan and Pakistanis.
It might be news to some, but Turks are fiercely divided.
Kemalists can be pro-Pakistan as well. Many of them admire Jinnah. But a segment of them dislike Pakistanis and just about all other non-Turkish Muslims under the pretext that they are "secular" and all other Muslims are "religious."
The one I knew did not fancy himself as European. He claimed Turks have nothing in common with Europeans. But he hated Pakistanis.
He liked Indians and Bollywood because he thought it made him look "secular" he supported India's stance on Kashmir.
He claimed Pakistanis are Muslim fundamentalists and that Pakistan was a state founded on Shariah law.
He was basically projecting his guilt onto Pakistanis. He kept lecturing me about how many human lives were lost during the imaginary "partition" and how badly non-Muslims are treated in Pakistan.
I'm not claiming he's entirely wrong. Our country has become relatively radicalized since General Zias dictatorship.
He also claimed to live in downtown Toronto where he saw very religious Pakistanis living in his area. He said it with a derogatory tone
Pakistanis.
But it's wrong to claim that secular Turks necessarily hate Pakistanis, although the haters usually come from non-religious Turks.
We had a non-religious Europeanzied Turkish friend from Istanbul and she was a very nice and kind person.
Plus I also faced abuse on YT once from a theistic Turk. He called us "Pakis" and "brown cockroaches" and that we invited the wrath of God or something like that.
I told him I don't believe in his God or his concept of God. He asked how can I not believe in God? I checked out his profile.
He had a video of driving a car and wearing sunglasses replying in his language to a female. Maybe his girlfriend or sister.
He was indeed a Turk. He was not an Indian or Afghan impersonator.
My point is you cannot simply root out Pakistan haters from
one group of Turks. They are very much a divided group of people.
Not different from Pakistanis. It's not so simple as this or that is what I'm claiming.