Dear Ufukyener,

U are completely right, I'm Turkish in theory & legally, but not officially yet because I have not done the official paper work, Turkish government does not even know I exist so how can I be Turkish officially? I don't have citizenship papers because my foreign birth has not yet been registered in Turkey because my father wanted to keep it a secret, you see, he left us in the US and never even wanted me to come and visit him in Turkey. He took another wife and has other children and they don't know about me.

I may even want to live in Turkey eventually, but not now and I don't want my studies or my life to be interrupted by army service, so my original question is still unanswered, can a birth be registered without giving citizenship?. But anyway, thanks for your comments.