Türkiyeliyim this is used only some part of ppl in turkey nowadays it s being populer. I havent problem with words. Everybody is free to use whatever they want. maybe better to say "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Vatandaşıyım" or "Anadolu'dan geldik" if these wont satisfy someone he or she can use the term I told before.

As a additional knowledge to foreigners on this web site. the vow (Andımız) below is read by primary school students togather in every morning before lessons (I should post this a topic too). it reminded me my childhood

Andımız:

"Türküm, doğruyum, çalışkanım,

İlkem; küçüklerimi korumak, büyüklerimi saymak, yurdumu, milletimi özümden çok sevmektir.

Ülküm; yükselmek, ileri gitmektir.

Ey Büyük Atatürk!

Açtığın yolda, gösterdiğin hedefe durmadan yürüyeceğime ant içerim.

Varlığım Türk varlığına armağan olsun.

Ne mutlu Türküm diyene!"


Andımız!

I remember when I first heard about this, when I still didnt speak Turkish well.

I thought that doğru = haklı. Şaşırdım ve aslında kızdım How could they make children say that they are always 'right', without having had a taste of life, or without teachign them it is good to learn to accept that you can be wrong sometimes too But later I learnt that doğru also had the meaning of just, honest

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