My thoughts on what I call "pretentious compassion"

I know my posts are usually very positive and happy (and this one won't be and will have nothing to do with my usual content), but there is one thing that keeps and keeps annoying me and yesterday it has absolutely reached it's peak.

Why is the world so selective with compassion? It seems that only living in a western country entitles you to worldwide solidaryty when a crisis is happening.
Yesterday, there has been yet another terrorist attack in Turkey, 36 people died, almost thrice the amount of civilists were injured - and this is just one of approx 27 bombings over there this year. Surprised? Probably; I myself didn't hear all that much about it in the media either. I hear of it, because I have turkish friends, but whilst the international media blew up after the horrible attacks in Paris last year (in fact, I was informed about it only minutes after it happened, this is how quick the news spread), I cannot see any #PrayForTurkey hastags out there. There is no Facebook-profile-picture-costumization and no international minute of silence no other nice gestures of international sympathy. And there won't be, neither for Lybia, Iraq, Syria and so on. Suicide bombings, genocide or shootings are still very much present on a daily basis and most of us have become almost numb to it, but the moment it happens in one of our countries, it somehow changes everything.
Sure, Paris had a larger number of losses on that individual day, but this is not a competition. This is terrorism. It has nothing to do with the amount of victims anyways.
Somehow, and I feel very strongly about this, the only ever times when the entire world suddenly feels the need to pray for a nation and share their compassion, is when something happens in Europe or America - and that is so pretentios, it is sickening me. It is a good thing to show solidarity - a powerful act to express unity and be in spirit with those who have suffered losses - but being selective about it is a whole other story. What difference is there for the sake of this example Turkey and Europe? Their lives matter just as much as our's, the pain they feel is the same and as is their fear. Is it because people are just jumping on the bandwaggon because it's trendy and out of peer pressure because everyone is doing it? I hope not but kind of think so.

In case you have been wondering why I hardly ever post any words of compassion after a terrible event such as this like many other bloggers on social media do; it is not because I don't care or it doesn't get to me, it is because if I were to start with it, there would be something to mourn for every single day (because terrorism and catastrophes do happen daily) and I choose not to. I am not a friend of favoring one nation over the other.

We are all one world, one people and it is ridiculous that we can feel so affected and personally involved with one happening, but the same time care so little about the very same thing if it takes place in a country that is a bit further east. Terrorism is never better or worse and death makes no difference between westener or eastener so why do we?