another tactical point for the market is that Nokia was not expecting N900 to generate this much hype and preorders.

N97 is supposed to be its flagship device, and Nokia is in a way going to cannibalize on its N97 sales, when they introduce N900 to new markets.

Keeping N900 out of Turkey might be just one way of getting rid of the N97 stock as all of you have pointed out, there is a high population in Turkey interested in high-tech cellphones, and N97 will keep on selling there (even though iphone dominates the turkish high-end market, with RIM possibly coming in at 2nd place).

As I'm also Turkish, I know that more than 80% of this demand is for social status purposes (which happens everywhere around the globe). However, there's also an upcoming generation of developers, and tech-enthusiasts, who would like nothing more than to get an N900, and possibly start enjoying & contributing.

Sadly, it's going to take while until N900 enters the Turkish market (and there's no guarantee for this either, as the internet tablets did not enter the Turkish market through legal means either).