my..........you live such a sheltered life....

............and a Caucasian is a white person.....????? It´s a pecularity of linguistics....and some exploit it for different reasons.  Maybe we should call countries by numeric formulas?

There seems to be a trend now to define countries by a single ethnicity...silly.........nobody is pure anything.....we are all related.

If you have not noticed the English have quite a varied look....because they are a mix of different tribes...

same is true of the Germanic groups...Saxons, Teuton, Franks............and on and on..... Then there are the Celts.....

You are falling into a trap.....Turk is both a nationality......and an ethnic derivation.............as is a Pole an ethnic derivation and a nationality name....like a Caucasian....and it goes on and on.....you make it a big deal....what do you want to do....rename the country?

............and a Caucasian is a white person.....????? It´s a pecularity of linguistics....and some exploit it for different reasons.  Maybe we should call countries by numeric formulas?

There seems to be a trend now to define countries by a single ethnicity...silly.........nobody is pure anything.....we are all related.

If you have not noticed the English have quite a varied look....because they are a mix of different tribes...

same is true of the Germanic groups...Saxons, Teuton, Franks............and on and on..... Then there are the Celts.....

You are falling into a trap.....Turk is both a nationality......and an ethnic derivation.............as is a Pole an ethnic derivation and a nationality name....like a Caucasian....and it goes on and on.....you make it a big deal....what do you want to do....rename the country?

Very well said alameda, it seems this poor european guy is not clever enough to interpret this motto, but i think it is intetionally, anyway; It is "Happy is the one who says i am Turk"  not "Happy is the one who is Turk", there is difference, and the ones who are disturbed from this, are absolutely disturbed from Turkish citizenship as well. I read this in a newspaper yesterday, i usually do not read the readers comment but this time i decided to read and i have to say big percentage of comments are rightminded

Yours is simply frustration

Because almost everything I said a year or before were true and with the time, you see and hear more of very similar things in Turkey. That does not  makes you feel very good I guess..

..........as long as there are nations, there will be declarations and pledges.....

I wonder....is this something along the lines of your thinking?

"...........The criticism of the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States exists on several grounds. Its use in public schools has been the most controversial, as critics contend that a government-sanctioned endorsement of religion violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Critics feel that that the pledge is incompatible with democracy and freedom, and suggest that pledges of allegiance are features of totalitarian states like Nazi Germany."

"Libertarians, Socialists, and Communists generally oppose on principle pledges led by government employees in public schools, as a conflict in interest by the government and as exploitation of children. By contrast, some also believe that the "liberty" clause binds citizens to uphold libertarian beliefs and thus to oppose conscription, drug regulation and other measures which might be considered authoritarian. They also hold the view that the use of the "indivisible" clause promotes nationalism and violates State sovereignty."

I think you are the one falling into trap..

First of all what is said up there is "racist"!!

I am not the only one thinking that, even one of the ministers voiced her concerns..Many writers in many newspapers are saying the same thing.

And it would not matter if I was alone or not either. It would not change the racism in andimiz(our oath)..

We have non-Turks in our country and It is a shame to make them say those words..

It is like Greeks forcing Turkish childeren to say ´ how happy to say I am Greek´. Or Germans forcing Turkish childeren to say ´how happy to say I am German´ ..

And you have to be really BLIND not to see that..

I dont think I am the one making a big dealout of it..On the contrary, I would be a really happy person if our racists elements are plained off..

Nope..we are not going to change the name of the country..

But I am sure racists mottos (and racist understandings) will have to go..

You trust me on that!!

And they will go..

They are already going anyway..People are talking; people are questioning; people are realizing how racist we have been; people are realising what we were told were lies;they dont believe in -western supported terrorism type of rubbish- any more for example..

And it would not matter if I was alone or not either. It would not change the racism in andimiz(our oath)... 

I´m hoping Brazil has the chance to hold the olympics.  It would be nice for South America to hold the summer olympics for the first time.