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Diplomats: learning Turkish the best way to know culture
19 May 2013, Sunday / AYTEN ÇİFTÇİ, İSTANBUL
Diplomats learn about the culture and politics of the country they are assigned to as part of their job, although few try to speak the language of the country fluently. But efforts to speak with the people in their own language are greatly appreciated as it is regarded as a token of respect.
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The 297th hearing in the trial regarding the clandestine network Ergenekon, whose »»
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