Marine, leave us dual citizens be!

I was born the citizen of a country that frequently boasts of its rich history and its ability to transform a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire into a secular republic. My country of birth is proud of its heroes - rulers, military men and, often, military men who became rulers. 

In my late 20s, I acquired a second citizenship in a country that is proud of its rich history, imperial past and current secular system; a country that somehow felt that its past was more glorious than its current place in the global arena; a country with a strong sense of irony and individualism. I became a Franco-Turk or Turco-French in 2000, a few months after Turkey became a candidate to the European Union during the 1999 Helsinki summit. 

As a dual citizen, I have voted in both my countries in the last month, in the Turkish referendum on constitutional amendments and in French presidential election. In both cases, I applied the same values: my desire for a democratic, pluralistic liberal system that guarantees human rights and personal liberties for all.
No adult who acquires a second nationality sees it as a simple act of bureaucracy. From the moment you start thinking about making the application to the moment you receive a presidential letter of welcome, the process requires and urges you to reflect in depth: Do you share the values/principles/policies of the country whose citizenship you demand? Are they compatible with what you already believe in? How much do you know your new country? Are you interested in learning more? 

During the long process when I was the citizen of a country, applicant for a second and living in a third, I met many dual or multinational citizens. A friend was a Romanian who became a German citizen and...