The difference that words can make...

Sometimes it boggles me, how people can willingly misrepresent, or poorly define an object, person or place. Surfing through the web this evening, I came across a nicely written article, by an experienced writer, published in the Guardian.
The article talks about the family's life in Turkey. How they have moved from England to Turkey by choice, and enjoy a life where they can spend time as a family. I did think, though, that when the author is talking about not being able to find Beanie Babies, for someone who did not know Turkey, it might sound like there are no toys in Turkey.
She does go ahead and state that the toys they can find are very poor in quality. I totally disagree as this being the general condition, having many cousins, friends and family with younger children in the country, I will not forget how amazed I was when I saw the toys(this site is in english too!) they were playing with. Yes there are toys that are very poor in quality, but only if you have to buy them from the street vendors. If they live in the west coast, they must be close to Izmir, or Bodrum, where they must be able to find toys... But this is not the general state of the country. It’s where you choose to live.
Links like this will take you to online stores where you can buy the latest toys for your kids (the first one is a playstation 2 if you notice, let me know if you need any translation). It’s one thing to not have the means to afford the toys that are available to you, and another to say that toys are not available in the country. I currently live in New Jersey, and Manhattan is about 1 hr away from us, but I have never ever bought anything from FAO Schwarz, where they sell a playhouse house for $30,000, I would never say they dont have doll houses in Manhattan though. ;o))
Another issue I would like to take upon myself to clarify for those who are not familiar with the country is women’s rights in Turkey. Yes, true, women are not as well recognized in Turkey as they are in other countries in the world. However, we did have a woman as the Prime Minister at one point in time. Second, many women serve as judges, lawyers, doctors, high ranking government officials. If the country was your "typical Middle Eastern country" governed by the muslim traditions, men would never allow a woman judge to make a life altering decision for them. Again, I must clarify, I in no means will ever say that the country does not have a long way to go in it’s human rights and women rights policies, but it is not as behind as some people would like to be.
I would like to ask the author about why they thought of "packing their bags..." when the adventure seeking prime minister proposed a law against adultery? Don’t get me wrong, I too, along with everybody else I know in that country, were opposed to the "law", but why leave the country?