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Turkey 103rd happiest country
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27 Jun 2011 Mon 11:28 am |
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By and large, rich countries are happier--and that´s no coincidence.
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Quantifying happiness isn´t an easy task. Researchers at the Gallup World Poll went about it by surveying thousands of respondents in 155 countries, between 2005 and 2009, in order to measure two types of well-being.
First they asked subjects to reflect on their overall satisfaction with their lives, and ranked their answers using a "life evaluation" score from 1 to 10. Then they asked questions about how each subject had felt the previous day. Those answers allowed researchers to score their "daily experiences"--things like whether they felt well-rested, respected, free of pain and intellectually engaged. Subjects that reported high scores were considered "thriving." The percentage of thriving individuals in each country determined our rankings.
Turkey ranks number 103 on the list:
Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/14/world-happiest-countries-lifestyle-realestate-gallup-table.html
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27 Jun 2011 Mon 12:55 pm |
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Being 103th among 155 countries is a big success. We are still better than Bulgaria which is member of EU 
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27 Jun 2011 Mon 01:59 pm |
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If my happiness in Turkie is rated as 103th on some scale, I cannot imagine that of those in number 1 country. They must be in Heaven, I guess! In any case, I don´t dream of living in any other country on this Earth.
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27 Jun 2011 Mon 02:06 pm |
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Turkish people always complain... 
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27 Jun 2011 Mon 03:41 pm |
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Yes, Turkish people tend to complain about the life. If they would complain less, maybe Turkey could have a higher rank in that list.
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27 Jun 2011 Mon 03:57 pm |
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I am Scottish. We are not on it. Uk is classed as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland., but mainly it is England!
We Scottish are very good at telling it how it is. We will generally be happier when we become our own nation.
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 01:16 am |
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Canada is in 8th place... wonder who they spoke to to come up with that? 
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 09:18 am |
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Canada is in 8th place... wonder who they spoke to to come up with that?
This reminds me a friend who had gotten Canadian citizenship and migrated to Canada with his family and high hopes. 4 months later, he decided to come back saying it was too dull to live there in Canada.
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 01:37 pm |
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...he decided to come back saying it was too dull to live there in Canada.
It´s called the green grass syndrome. The grass always looks greener in the other man´s pasture.
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 02:33 pm |
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And Tom Jones is Welsh and Wales is very green due to all the rain they get 
p.s. I can´t believe Greece is so happy right now 
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 03:00 pm |
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And Tom Jones is Welsh and Wales is very green due to all the rain they get
p.s. I can´t believe Greece is so happy right now
Maybe they know how to be happy even during an economic crisis, and we Turks don´t even when all the economic parameters doing well! 
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 03:09 pm |
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Quote:scalpel
Green Green Grass Of Home 
yup! that´s about all there is to do here in Canada, watch the grass grow, mouhaaaa!
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 03:24 pm |
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p.s. I can´t believe Greece is so happy right now
Survey is dated July 2010!
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 03:34 pm |
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yup! that´s about all there is to do here in Canada, watch the grass grow, mouhaaaa!
If the friend of si++´s had a hobby like watching growing grass (which is incredible exciting  , he would have stayed there much longer!
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 03:49 pm |
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...watching growing grass (which is incredible exciting ...
oh you have not tried our other hobby... suspense filled, nail bitting... watching paint dry! it is heart stopping. 
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28 Jun 2011 Tue 10:57 pm |
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This list was based on measurements between 2005 and 2009. Ofcourse Greece was happy then. They were living of European and non-existent Greek money, retiring at the age of 50. Keep in mind that this measure of happiness is not simply asking people "how happy are you" but it also takes into account the people that have to struggle to survive.
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