The Best Turkish Story Ever!

Still in Turkey, having a great time. Heard this story and needed to share.

There are a lot of people here from Down Under. Aussies and Kiwis have a strange affinity for this country— they come for vacation and stay for years, marry the locals, and often end up in the hospitality industry.

There was this Aussie living in Selçuk, where he earned a living dealing with electronics. The local muezzin, who was pretty lazy, hired him to set up a system where he could record the prayer calls and play them automatically at the appropriate times. (Theyre supposed to be sung live.)

The system was set up. The muezzin was happy. He went on vacation, leaving the Aussie in charge.

Next morning, the town awakened at 5am to the sound of ‘Highway to Hell’ being broadcast from the minarets of every mosque in town.

Nothing actually happened to the Aussie. Turns out that it isn’t actually illegal to play ‘Highway to Hell’ on the PA.

The muezzin, however, was fined for not doing his job.