Monday, May 16, 2011

You know you're a resident of Turkey when...

-You have successfully leapt through the bureaucratic hoops to attain a two-by-three inch little booklet certifying your residency

-You attained said booklet in a building loudly proclaiming, "Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene" ("Happy is he who calls himself a Turk") despite that few people leaving the building after the miserable process are neither a) Turkish nor b) too happy

-You've been mistaken as a local and people ask you for directions in Turkish

-Someone tells you your Turkish is between beginning and pre-intermediate

-You've become nervous when you enter a room without a picture of Atatürk watching over you

-You get angry whenever you see tourists, especially American, invading "your" country

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