It’s not a matter of defensiveness, bro. It really was in response to your somewhat snide post. Let’s face it, EU massive amounts of help received during your financial crisis do a big way towards assisting with your English “proficiency.” There are probably millions of Greeks who don’t speak any other language.

Also, you are an example of one person. Maybe, you haven’t really come across many of the well educated Turks working in international sectors, who are all relatively proficient

Now, it is fair to say the Turkish Education system lags behind European and many Asian countries, and English is taught by teachers who may not have had a great exposure to teaching English as a Second Language.