He got the data entry job, but it was not long before he got bored of the daily monotonous task of sitting behind the computer, reading through heaps of old, dusty files, and keying in data.
His task will be the more delicate as opinion in his country, never too keen on Turkish entry, has turned strongly against, largely as a result of the turmoil over Islam that followed the murder of Theo Van Gogh last month.