I’m not sure whether this will fly as a Medium story but having seen that people write about every subject under the sun here, I’ll write it anyway. I was writing recently about cultural differences between Irish and German people and it reminded me of another encounter which this time took place in Turkey. It was quite hilarious at the time but may not transfer to print. I was in Istanbul undertaking a review at the airport and I had been in town for just over a week. My Ger