Apologies, I can't read. I don't know how I managed to set up this website at all, but being illiterate has never held me back.
My point (or at least one of the many that Mr. T seems to bring out in people) is that cryptically suggesting that all is not rosey in the valley and criticising "the Turks" who will "never learn" is a horrific outlook. How admirable that Chris has battled on through, with (to date) not a positive experience to share with any of us. Cheap sideswipes at an entire country of people ("the Turks") are worthy of reporting here, whereas the many pleasant experiences we all enjoy are not evident from him.
Mr. Tippett suggests that this is what all people are saying in private, but only he is prepared to bring it into the public arena. The truth is, he has brought nothing of the sort here, just the diluted suggestion that unnamed people might be irritating to deal with if you are British.
If there is a story, he can name names. Right here. They won't shoot him, if anything they'd probably shoot me. The never ending negativity without fact comes across as whispered bigotry without substance, can you tell me what that achieves, or who that benefits?
I would agree that in certain situations, business men in suits should make you wary. That isn't something specific to Turkey. If a man in a smart suit holding a clipboard knocks on your front door unannounced in the UK, his friend is generally in your bedroom, looking for the jewelery box