> I live in Istanbul, and the first thing I noticed was the lack of homeless people in this city of 15-20million (depending on with whom you are talking). This is because Turks have a much stronger family structure, and most people live with their parents until they're married at the very least.

There's about 15,000 living in the streets of Istanbul, and about 150,000 living in the streets of Turkey according to NGOs.

150k per 80M compares to about 200k living unsheltered in the US (per 320M) or 550k homeless overall.