Quote Originally Posted by Mete Han
...the only secular state where the majority of the population is Muslim who can make rational decisions based on facts...
I see, I think. Please let me test my understanding.

If I, of western European-christian and North American-animist heritage, learn the Turk language and culture, move to Istanbul and live among Turks, as though I were a Turk - if I then say "I am a Turk.", am I a Turk, as far as Turks are concerned?