Turkish Culture
Africangenesis;
Unfortunately you are right. This is typical to Mediterranean / East European / Middle Eastern culture.
Say for example (God forbid) a relative of yours have died on the street, in a traffic accident. Police takes him/her to the hospital and calls you, saying a relative of yours has a health problem (Injured, etc...) although they positively know that he/she has died at the very instant that the accident has happened.
Unfortunate, but thruth...