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    Switzerland puzzles over citizenship test after lifelong resident fails

    Funda Yilmaz, 25, was turned down for Swiss citizenship despite living all her life in the country and being fluent in her local dialect
    by Philip Oltermann in Berlin Jul 18, 2017 2 minutes
    As part of the test, Yilmaz was asked whether she would prefer to visit Geneva or the region around Lake Geneva. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

    Should foreign residents have to know how to recycle waste oil before they can apply for citizenship? Are people who shop at local corner shops more deserving citizens than those who frequent supermarkets? And what kind of sport is “hornussing”?

    These are just some of the questions is puzzling over after a 25-year-old failed the notoriously tough Swiss citizenship requirements – even though

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